Irish
Etymology
From máthair + clár, a calque of English motherboard.
Noun
máthairchlár m (genitive singular máthairchláir, nominative plural máthairchláir)
- (computer hardware) motherboard
Declension
Declension of máthairchlár (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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máthairchlár
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máthairchláir
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| vocative
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a mháthairchláir
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a mháthairchlára
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| genitive
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máthairchláir
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máthairchlár
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| dative
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máthairchlár
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máthairchláir
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an máthairchlár
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na máthairchláir
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| genitive
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an mháthairchláir
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na máthairchlár
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| dative
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leis an máthairchlár
don mháthairchlár
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leis na máthairchláir
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Mutation
Mutated forms of máthairchlár
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| máthairchlár
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mháthairchlár
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not applicable
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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.
Further reading
- “máthairchlár”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025