cluaran

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

grualan (Lochalsh)

Etymology

Compare Irish cluarán.

Noun

cluaran m (genitive singular cluarain, plural cluarain or cluaranan)

thistle

Synonyms

feumalan
fòghnan
gìogan
oigheannach

Derived terms

cluaran-cruaidh (“sow thistle”)
cluaran-deilgneach (“spear thistle”)
cluaran-leana (“marsh thistle”)
cluaran-òir (“carline thistle”)
fras cluarain (“thistledown”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cluaran	chluaran
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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