ardchlár

Irish

Etymology

ard- (“high”) +‎ clár (“plain”)

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠˌxl̪ˠɑːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠˌxlˠɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈæːɾˠd̪ˠˌxlˠæːɾˠ/

Noun

ardchlár m (genitive singular ardchláir, nominative plural ardchláir)

1. (geography) plateau, tableland

Declension

Declension of ardchlár (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ardchlár ardchláir vocative a ardchláir a ardchlára genitive ardchláir ardchlár dative ardchlár ardchláir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-ardchlár na hardchláir genitive an ardchláir na n-ardchlár dative leis an ardchlár don ardchlár leis na hardchláir

Derived terms

• Ardchlár na Tibéide m (“the Tibetan Plateau”)
• oll-ardchlár m (“continental plateau”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ardchlár

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ardchlár	n-ardchlár	hardchlár	t-ardchlár

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ardchlár”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN