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glún

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 *gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡluːn/

Noun

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

  1. knee

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
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.