maothán cluaise

Irish

Noun

maothán cluaise m (genitive singular maotháin chluaise, nominative plural maotháin chluaise)

  1. (anatomy) earlobe
    Synonyms: bog cluaise, bun cluaise, liopa cluaise

Mutation

Mutated forms of maothán cluaise
radical lenition eclipsis
maothán cluaise mhaothán cluaise not applicable

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) “maothán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • earlobe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025