clár

See also: clar, clàr, Clár, and clâr

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish clár, from Proto-Celtic *klārom (“table”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠɑːɾˠ/, /klˠɑːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /klˠaːɾˠ/, /kl̪ˠaːɾˠ/

Noun

clár m (genitive singular cláir, nominative plural cláir or cláracha)

1. board, plank
2. stave (narrow strip of wood)
3. lid (top or cover of a container)
4. (politics) platform (political stance on a broad set of issues)
5. catalogue, register
6. program, agenda

Declension

Declension of clár (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clár cláir vocative a chláir a chlára genitive cláir clár dative clár cláir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an clár na cláir genitive an chláir na gclár dative leis an gclár don chlár leis na cláir

• Alternative plural: cláracha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• aerachlár (“aeroboard”)
• ainmchlár (“nameplate”)
• amchlár (“timetable”)
• ardchlár (“plateau, tableland”)
• ballachlár (“wallboard”)
• béabharchlár (“beaverboard”)
• biachlár (“menu”)
• bloc-chlár (“blockboard”)
• cailc-chlár (“chalkboard”)
• cairtchlár (“cardboard”)
• caschlár (“turntable”)
• cisealchlár (“bedding plane”)
• clár ábhair (“table of contents”)
• clár aimsire (“weatherboard”)
• clár ama (“timetable”)
• clár aráin (“breadboard”)
• clár cailc (“chalkboard”)
• clár dubh (“blackboard”)
• clár éadain (“forehead”)
• clár fichille (“chessboard”)
• clár sciorta (“skirting-board”)
• clár toinne (“surfboard”)
• clárpháipéar (“paper boards”)
• clibchlár (“tagboard”)
• cornchlár (“sideboard”)
• crua-chlár (“hardboard”)
• cruitchlár (“harpsichord”)
• cúlchlár (“backboard”)
• éadach cláir (“table-cloth”)
• eochairchlár (“keyboard”)
• fáisc-chlár (“clipboard”)
• feidhmchlár (“application”)
• fochlár (“subprogramme”)
• fuaimchlár (“sounding board”)
• gnéchlár (“feature”)
• lasc-chlár (“switchboard”)
• lingchlár (“springboard”)
• luibheanchlár (“keyboard”)
• maoschlár (“water table”)
• máthairchlár (“motherboard”)
• méarchlár (“keyboard; manual”)
• micreachlár (“microprogram”)
• oighearchlár (“ice shelf”)
• ollchlár (“omnibus”)
• pionnachlár (“pegboard; wrest block”)
• plánchlár (“plane table”)
• plástarchlár (“plasterboard”)
• ríomhchlár (“computer program”)
• roghchlár (“menu”)
• scórchlár (“scoreboard”)
• síonchlár (“weatherboard, clapboard”)
• slischlár (“chipboard”)
• sobalchlár (“soap opera”)
• sraithchlár (“serial”)
• sreabhchlár (“flow chart”)
• téadchlár (“dulcimer”)
• tonnchlár (“surfboard”)
• tráthchlár (“timetable”)
• treochlár (“road map”)
• tuíchlár (“strawboard”)
• uainchlár (“roster, rota”)
• uiscechlár (“water table”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clár

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clár	chlár	gclár

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “clár”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 146
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clár”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *klārom (“plank, board, table”) (compare Proto-Brythonic *klọr), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂ro- (“plank”) (compare Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, piece of wood for casting lots”)), probably from *kelh₂- (“to cut down”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaːr/

Noun

clár n

1. board, plank
2. stave (of a vat or cask)
3. gameboard
4. table
5. writing tablet
6. level expanse
7. table of contents

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	clárN	clárN	clárL, clára
Vocative	clárN	clárN	clárL, clára
Accusative	clárN	clárN	clárL, clára
Genitive	cláirL	clár	clárN
Dative	clárL	cláraib	cláraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: clár
• Manx: claare
• Scottish Gaelic: clàr

Mutation

Mutation of clár

radical	lenition	nasalization
clár	chlár	clár pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
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 206-7