Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cló (“metal spike; imprint”),[2] from Proto-Celtic *klāwos (compare Breton klao, Welsh clo), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”) (compare Latin clāvis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl̪ˠoː/, /klˠoː/[3]
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
Declension of cló (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
- claonchló m (“negative”)
- cló-eagar m (“composition”)
- cló-eagraí m (“compositor”)
- cló-eagraigh (“compose”, verb)
- 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 m (“typing, typewriting”)
- clóscríobh (“type, typewrite”, verb)
- clóscríobhaí m (“typist”)
- clóscríobhán m (“typewriter”)
- fótachló m (“phototype”)
- iarnchló m (“ferrotype”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of cló
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chló
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gcló
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “cló”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cló”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cló”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- 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, 2013–2025