clár

See also: clar, clàr, Clár, and clâr

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clár,^[1] from Proto-Celtic *klārom (“table”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠɑːɾˠ/^[2], /klˠɑːɾˠ/^[3]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /klˠaːɾˠ/, /kl̪ˠaːɾˠ/^[4]

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

Declension of clár (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	clár	cláir
vocative	a chláir	a chlára
genitive	cláir	clár
dative	clár	cláir

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an clár	na cláir
genitive	an chláir	na gclár
dative	leis an gclár don chlár	leis na cláir

Alternative plural: cláracha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

aerachlár (“aeroboard”)
ainmchlár (“nameplate”)
amchlár (“timetable”)
ardchlár (“plateau, tableland”)
ballachlár (“wallboard”)
béabharchlár (“beaverboard”)
biachlár (“menu”)
bloc-chlár (“blockboard”)
cailc-chlár (“chalkboard”)
cairtchlár (“cardboard”)
caschlár (“turntable”)
cisealchlár (“bedding plane”)
clár ábhair (“table of contents”)
clár aimsire (“weatherboard”)
clár ama (“timetable”)
clár aráin (“breadboard”)
clár cailc (“chalkboard”)
clár dubh (“blackboard”)
clár éadain (“forehead”)
clár fichille (“chessboard”)
clár sciorta (“skirting-board”)
clár toinne (“surfboard”)
clárpháipéar (“paper boards”)
clibchlár (“tagboard”)
cornchlár (“sideboard”)
crua-chlár (“hardboard”)
cruitchlár (“harpsichord”)
cúlchlár (“backboard”)
éadach cláir (“table-cloth”)
eochairchlár (“keyboard”)
fáisc-chlár (“clipboard”)
feidhmchlár (“application”)
fochlár (“subprogramme”)
fuaimchlár (“sounding board”)
gnéchlár (“feature”)
lasc-chlár (“switchboard”)
lingchlár (“springboard”)
luibheanchlár (“keyboard”)
maoschlár (“water table”)
máthairchlár (“motherboard”)
méarchlár (“keyboard; manual”)
micreachlár (“microprogram”)
oighearchlár (“ice shelf”)
ollchlár (“omnibus”)
pionnachlár (“pegboard; wrest block”)
plánchlár (“plane table”)
plástarchlár (“plasterboard”)
ríomhchlár (“computer program”)
roghchlár (“menu”)
scórchlár (“scoreboard”)
síonchlár (“weatherboard, clapboard”)
slischlár (“chipboard”)
sobalchlár (“soap opera”)
sraithchlár (“serial”)
sreabhchlár (“flow chart”)
téadchlár (“dulcimer”)
tonnchlár (“surfboard”)
tráthchlár (“timetable”)
treochlár (“road map”)
tuíchlár (“strawboard”)
uainchlár (“roster, rota”)
uiscechlár (“water table”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *clár*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
clár	chlár	gclár

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 (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann , →ISBN, section 17, page 27
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 410, page 135

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

IPA^(key): /klaːr/

Noun

clár n

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

Irish: clár
Manx: claare
Scottish Gaelic: clàr

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

[1] Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clár”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

[2] Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann , →ISBN, section 17, page 27

[3] Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153

[4] Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 410, page 135

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clár

Irish

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Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

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