clò
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
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Noun
clò m (genitive singular clò or clòtha, plural clòithean or clòitean)
Synonyms
- (cloth): aodach
Etymology 2
From Old Irish cló (“metal spike, nail; imprint, impression; form, shape, appearance; print of a book”), from Proto-Celtic *klāwos (compare Breton klao, Welsh clo), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”) (compare Latin clāvis).
Noun
clò m (genitive singular clòdha, plural clòdhan)
- printing press
- type
- clò trom ― bold type
Derived terms
- beart-chlò f (“printing press”)
- clò eadailteach m (“italics”)
- clò-bhuail (“print”, verb) (with a machine)
- clò-ghrafachd f (“typography”)
- clò-sgrìobh (“type”, verb)
- clò-sgrìobhadair m (“typewriter”)
- clò-sgrìobhadh m (“typescript”)
- clò-sgrìobhaiche m (“typist”)
- clòdhadair m (“typesetter”)
- cruth-clò m (“font”)
- sgrìobh mar chlò (“print”, verb) (handwriting)
Mutation
| radical | lenition |
|---|---|
| clò | chlò |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “clò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cló”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language