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Irish
Etymology From Old Irish cló ( “ metal spike, nail; imprint, impression; form, shape, appearance; print of a book ” ) , from Proto-Celtic *klāwos Breton klao Welsh clo Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- ( “ hook, crook, peg ” ) (compare Latin clāvis
Pronunciation
Noun cló m genitive singular cló nominative plural clónna
font , script
Synonym: clófhoireann print , impression
Synonym: prionta form
Synonym: riocht ( literary ) nail , spike ( medicine ) tent ( for a wound )
Synonym: cló gona
Declension
Derived terms claonchló m ( “ negative ” ) cló-eagar m ( “ composition ” ) cló-eagraigh ( “ compose ” , verb ) cló-eagraí m ( “ compositor ” ) cló-inneall m ( “ printing-machine ” ) clóbhuail clóigh ( “ print ” , verb ) clóchuir ( “ typeset ” , verb ) clóchur m ( “ typesetting ” ) clódóir m ( “ printer; dyer ” ) clóghrafach ( “ typographical ” , adjective ) clóghrafaíocht f ( “ typography ” ) clóghrafóir m ( “ typographer ” ) clólann f ( “ printing works, print room ” ) clólíne f ( “ line of type ” ) clómhiotal m ( “ type metal ” ) clópháipéar m ( “ printing paper ” ) clóphreas m ( “ printing press ” ) clóscríbhinn f ( “ typescript ” ) clóscríbhneoireacht f ( “ typewriting, typing ” ) clóscríobh ( “ type, typewrite ” , verb ) clóscríobhaí m ( “ typist ” ) clóscríobhán m ( “ typewriter ” ) clóscríobh m ( “ typing, typewriting ” ) fótachló m ( “ phototype ” ) iarnchló m ( “ ferrotype ” )
Mutation Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
Further reading Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977 ) “cló ”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla , Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019 ), “cló ”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904 ) “clóḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla , 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 150 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959 ) “cló ”, in English-Irish Dictionary , An Gúm“cló ”, in New English-Irish Dictionary , Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024 Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931 ) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry 20