clàr

See also: clar, clár, Clár, and clâr

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)

1. table, tablet
2. record, recording, picture
3. notice, poster, list, register,
4. disk, console
5. plank, board, platform, deck
6. platter, panel

Derived terms

• ainm-chlàr
• clàr cruaidh
• clàr-ama
• clàr-amais
• clàr-bìdhe
• clàr-fhiacaill
• clàr-grèine
• clàr-inneal
• clàr-iùil
• meanbh-chlàr
• meur-chlàr

 

See also

• bòrd

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
clàr	chlàr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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