clú in Irish

IPA: /kl̪ˠuː/, /klˠuː/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish clú (“fame”), from Proto-Celtic *klowos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*ḱlew-}}, {{der|ga|sga|clú||fame}} Old Irish clú (“fame”), {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “1 clú”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*klowos}} Proto-Celtic *klowos, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*ḱléwos}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|clú||||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} clú m (genitive singular clú), {{ga-noun|m|~|-}} clú m (genitive singular clú) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: clú [genitive, singular], declension-4 no-plural [table-tags], declension-4 no-plural [table-tags], clú [nominative, singular], a chlú [singular, vocative], clú [genitive, singular], clú [dative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an clú [definite, nominative, singular], an chlú [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gclú [dative, definite, singular], don chlú [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], clú [error-unrecognized-form], chlú [lenition], gclú [eclipsis], cliú [alternative]

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "a chlú",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "an chlú",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "leis an gclú",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chlú",
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      "form": "chlú",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "gclú",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "praise (commendation)"
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      "glosses": [
        "fame (state of being famous), renown"
      ],
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        [
          "fame",
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        {
          "word": "alladh"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/kl̪ˠuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/klˠuː/"
    }
  ],
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}

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    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
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    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
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    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew-",
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        "singular"
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "gclú",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "praise (commendation)"
      ],
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          "praise",
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        "masculine"
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    {
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      "ipa": "/kl̪ˠuː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/klˠuː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clú"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: clú/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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"clú" meaning in Irish

Noun

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