bloc-chlár

Irish

Etymology

From bloc +‎ clár, a calque of English blockboard.

Noun

bloc-chlár m (genitive singular bloc-chláir, nominative plural bloc-chláir)

1. blockboard

Declension

Declension of bloc-chlár

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bloc-chlár bloc-chláir Vocative a bhloc-chláir a bhloc-chlára Genitive bloc-chláir bloc-chlár Dative bloc-chlár bloc-chláir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bloc-chlár na bloc-chláir Genitive an bhloc-chláir na mbloc-chlár Dative leis an mbloc-chlár don bhloc-chlár leis na bloc-chláir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bloc-chlár	bhloc-chlár	mbloc-chlár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bloc-chlár”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “bloc-chlár” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.