claonfhéachaint

Irish

Etymology

From claon- (“crooked, sloping, inclined; oblique, indirect”) +‎ féachaint (“look”).

Noun

claonfhéachaint f (genitive singular claonfhéachana, nominative plural claonfhéachaintí)

1. sidelong glance; squint

Declension

Declension of claonfhéachaint (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative claonfhéachaint claonfhéachaintí vocative a chlaonfhéachaint a chlaonfhéachaintí genitive claonfhéachana claonfhéachaintí dative claonfhéachaint claonfhéachaintí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chlaonfhéachaint na claonfhéachaintí genitive na claonfhéachana na gclaonfhéachaintí dative leis an gclaonfhéachaint don chlaonfhéachaint leis na claonfhéachaintí

Synonyms

• claonamharc

Mutation

Mutated forms of claonfhéachaint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
claonfhéachaint	chlaonfhéachaint	gclaonfhéachaint

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “claonfhéachaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN