# clár
## Irish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /kl̪ˠɑːɾˠ/, /klˠɑːɾˠ/
* (Ulster) IPA: /klˠaːɾˠ/, /kl̪ˠaːɾˠ/

### Noun

clár m (genitive singular cláir, nominative plural cláir or cláracha)
* board, plank
* stave (narrow strip of wood)
* lid (top or cover of a container)
* (politics) platform (political stance on a broad set of issues)
* catalogue, register
* program, agenda

#### 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

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), “clár”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 17, page 27
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 153
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 410, page 135

### 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: /klaːr/

### Noun

clár n
* board, plank
* stave (of a vat or cask)
* gameboard
* table
* writing tablet
* level expanse
* table of contents

#### Inflection

Neuter o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | clár$^N$ | clár$^N$ | clár$^L$, clára |
| Vocative | clár$^N$ | clár$^N$ | clár$^L$, clára |
| Accusative | clár$^N$ | clár$^N$ | clár$^L$, clára |
| Genitive | cláir$^L$ | clár | clár$^N$ |
| Dative | clár$^L$ | 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

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