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

Mutation of clàr

radical	lenition
clàr	chlàr

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

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