glún

See also: glùn

Irish

Pronunciation

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.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

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

Disyllabic inflections of this word exhibit consistent depalatalization in the glosses. It is uncertain why this is the case, since the first palatalization should apply in these inflections.

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative glúnN glúnN glúnaeL
Vocative glúnN glúnN glúnaeL
Accusative glúnN glúnN glúnaeL
Genitive glúnaeL glúnae glúnaeN
Dative glúinL glúnaib glúnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants
  • Irish: glúin
  • Manx: glioon
  • Scottish Gaelic: glùin

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
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