clàr
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish clár, from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom (“table”), likely cognate with Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to lay out”), from *kelh₂- (“to hit, cut down”).
Noun
clàr m (genitive singular clàir, plural clàran or clàir)
- table, tablet
- record, recording, picture
- notice, poster, list, register,
- disk, console
- plank, board, platform, deck
- platter, panel
Derived terms
See also
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| clàr | chlàr |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
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 206-207