glún

See also: glùn

Irish

Noun

glún f pl

  1. genitive plural of glúin

Noun

glún f (genitive singular glúine, nominative plural glúine)

  1. Alternative form of glúin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glún ghlún nglún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glūnos (dissimilated from earlier *gnūnos), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡluːn/

Noun

glún n (genitive glúne or glúnae, nominative plural glúne or glúnae)

  1. knee

Declension

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative glún glúnN glúneL, glúnaeL
Vocative glún glúnN glúneL, glúnaeL
Accusative glún glúnN glúneL, glúnaeL
Genitive glúneH, glúnaeH glúneN, glúnaeN glúneN, glúnaeN
Dative glúinL glúinib glúinib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
glún glún
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 nglún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “glún” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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