do-chluinim, ad-chluinim
Definitions (by source)
‘I hear’; impv. 1 sg. cluinim 19.19
Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma: Seaán Ó Cearnaigh's Irish primer of religion, published in 1571. Editor: Brian Ó Cuív.
[EC cluinsin], Pres, do-chluinim -cluinim; do chluine, -cluine; do-chluin, -cluin; do-chluineam, -cluineam; do-cluinte, -cluinte; do-chluinid; -cluinid; do-chluintear, -cluintear, -cloisdear; Impf. do-chluininn, do-chloisinn, -cluininn, -cloisinn, etc. Fut, do-chluineabh, -chluineabh; do-chluinfe, -cluinfe; do-chluinfe, -cluinfe; do-chluinfeam, etc. Subj. do-chluinear, -cluinear, do-chloisear, -cloisear; do-chlois, do-chlais; do-chló, do-chlá; (do- chló, do-chlá seems to be also used in Perf. sense). Perf. do-chuala, do-chualadhas, -cuala, -cualadhas; do-chualadhais, -cualadhais; do-chuala, do-chualaidh, -cuala, -cualaidh; do-chualama(i)r, -cualama(i)r, etc.; do-chlos, do-chualadhas, -clos; Imper, cluinear; cluin, cluineadh, etc.; vn. cluinsin, cloisdin, [148], -deacht. NB. ad- may replace do-; clois- may>clais-.
Aithdioghluim Dána: A Miscellany of Irish Bardic Poetry, Historical and Religious, including the Historical Poems of the Duanaire in the Yellow Book of Lecan. Vol II, Translations, Notes, Vocabulary. Editor: Lambert McKenna S.J.
[see Grammatical Introduction], I hear; an tí do-chluin mo bhriathra-sa, 1646; at-chluinid...coire troma dá gcor i leith an phobail, 750; do-chluin féin a mhítheist dá haithfhriotal, 1738; nach cuala féin gur choir bháis, 3494; ‘to hear of, about,’ gach a mhionca do-chluineadh bás duine mhaith, 5836
Trí Bior-Ghaoithe an Bháis: The Three Shafts of Death. Editor: Osborn Bergin.