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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish clár ,[ 1] from Proto-Celtic *klārom ( “ table ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
clár m (genitive singular cláir , nominative plural cláir or cláracha )
board , plank
stave ( narrow strip of wood )
lid ( top or cover of a container )
( politics ) platform ( political stance on a broad set of issues )
catalogue , register
program , agenda
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “clár ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000 ) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny ] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann , →ISBN , section 17, page 27
^ Finck, F. N. (1899 ) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect ] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906 ) A Dialect of Donegal , Cambridge University Press, § 410 , page 135
Further reading
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *klārom ( “ plank, board, table ” ) (compare Proto-Brythonic *klọr ), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂ro- ( “ plank ” ) (compare Ancient Greek κλῆρος ( klêros , “ lot, piece of wood for casting lots ” ) ), probably from *kelh₂- ( “ to cut down ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
clár n
board , plank
stave ( of a vat or cask )
gameboard
table
writing tablet
level expanse
table of contents
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular
Dual
Plural
Nominative
clár N
clár N
clár L , clára
Vocative
clár N
clár N
clár L , clára
Accusative
clár N
clár N
clár L , clára
Genitive
cláir L
clár
clár N
Dative
clár L
cláraib
cláraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
H = triggers aspiration
L = triggers lenition
N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of clár
radical
lenition
nasalization
clár
chlár
clár pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “clár ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Matasović, Ranko (2009 ) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill , →ISBN , pages 206-7