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cleitín.

eaves (underside of a roof)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈclʲɛtʲi(ː)nʲ/
  1. eaves (underside of a roof)

    masculine
  2. pinnule (subleaflet)

    masculine
  3. light javelin, dart

    literary · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Irish cletíne. By surface analysis, cleite (“feather, plume”) + -ín. In the sense “pinnule” at least, a calque of Latin pinnula.

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