clabhchorda

Irish

Etymology

From German Klavichord, from Renaissance Latin clāvīchordium, from clāvis (“key”) + chorda (“chord, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklˠauˌxoːɾˠd̪ˠə]

Noun

clabhchorda m (genitive singular clabhchorda, nominative plural clabhchordaí)

1. (music) clavichord

Declension

Declension of clabhchorda (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clabhchorda clabhchordaí vocative a chlabhchorda a chlabhchordaí genitive clabhchorda clabhchordaí dative clabhchorda clabhchordaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an clabhchorda na clabhchordaí genitive an chlabhchorda na gclabhchordaí dative leis an gclabhchorda don chlabhchorda leis na clabhchordaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of clabhchorda

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clabhchorda	chlabhchorda	gclabhchorda

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clabhchorda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “clavichord”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024