clann-nighean

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

clann-nighean f (dative singular cloinn-nighean, genitive singular cloinne-nighean, no plural)

  1. (chiefly Lewis) girls, lasses
    Na gabhaibh dragh, a chlann-nighean! ― Don't worry, girls! (vocative case)
  2. (chiefly Lewis, collective) daughters

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
clann-nigheanchlann-nighean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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