cleayn

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish cláenaid, a denominative verb from Old Irish clóen. Cognate with Irish claon and Scottish Gaelic claon.

Verb

cleayn (verbal noun cleayney, past participle cleaynit or cleaynt)

  1. divert, deviate, bank, list, veer, incline
  2. stoop
  3. attract, seduce, inveigle
  4. influence, dispose, induce
  5. decoy
  6. distort
  7. draw off, recede
  8. tend (as garden)
  9. circumvent

Derived terms

Mutation
Manx mutation
RadicalLenitionEclipsis
cleaynchleayngleayn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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