cluain

• IPA^(key): /kluənʲ/, /kluːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /klũːnʲ/^[1]

From Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Celtic *klounis.

cluain f (genitive singular cluana, nominative plural cluainte or cluanta)

1. meadow

   Synonym: móinéar

2. after-grass

• Alternative plural: cluanta

• → English: Cloyne

From Old Irish clúain.

cluain f (genitive singular cluana)

1. deception; persuasion, beguilement
2. dissimulation

• cluanach (“deceitful; beguiling, flattering”, adjective)
• cluanaire m, cluanaí m (“deceiver, flatterer”)
• cluain chliceála f (“clickbait”)
• colúr cluana m (“stool-pigeon”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluain	chluain	gcluain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cluain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cluain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clúain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

From Old Irish clúain, from Proto-Celtic *klounis.

• IPA^(key): /kʰl̪ˠuəɲ/

cluain f (genitive singular cluaine, plural cluaintean or cluainean)

1. pasture, green field, meadow, lawn

• Alternative dative singular: cluainidh

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cluain	chluain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “cluain”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN