clábar

See also: clàbar

Irish

Etymology

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic clàbar. Beyond that, the precise origin is unclear, but it belongs to a family of synonymous words of the shape (c/g)láb-, of which the oldest representative appears to be Middle Irish láp.^[1] Other words in this family include gláib, lábán, labar, and láib.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠaːbˠəɾˠ/^[2], /ˈklˠaːbˠəɾˠ/^[3]^[4]
(Achill) IPA^(key): /ˈklˠabˠəɾˠ/^[5] (as if spelled clabar)

Noun

clábar m (genitive singular clábair)

(Mayo, Ulster) mud, mire, muck

Declension

Declension of clábar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
case	singular
nominative	clábar
vocative	a chlábair
genitive	clábair
dative	clábar

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an clábar
genitive	an chlábair
dative	leis an gclábar don chlábar

Synonyms

Descendants

English: clabber, clauber

Mutation

Mutated forms of *clábar*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
clábar	chlábar	gclábar

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “láp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 244
^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 105, page 24
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 415, page 135
^ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 365