cliamhain

Irish

From Middle Irish clíamain (“male relative-in-law”).

cliamhain m (genitive singular cliamhain or cleamhna, nominative plural cliamhaineacha or cleamhnacha or cliamhnacha)

Standard inflection (fourth declension):

Declension of cliamhain (fourth declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an cliamhain	na cliamhaineacha
genitive	an chliamhain	na gcliamhaineacha
dative	leis an gcliamhain don chliamhain	leis na cliamhaineacha

Alternative inflection (third declension):

Declension of cliamhain (third declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an cliamhain	na cleamhnacha
genitive	an chleamhna	na gcleamhnacha
dative	leis an gcliamhain don chliamhain	leis na cleamhnacha

Mutated forms of *cliamhain*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cliamhain	chliamhain	gcliamhain

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clíamain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cliaṁain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 148
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cliamhain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cliamhain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“cliamhain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024