cló

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See also: clo, CLO, Clo, clò, and cło

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kl̪ˠoː/, /klˠoː/

Noun

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cló m (genitive singular cló, nominative plural clónna)

  1. font, script
    Synonym: clófhoireann
  2. print, impression
    Synonym: prionta
  3. form
    Synonym: riocht
  4. (literary) nail, spike
  5. (medicine) tent (for a wound)
    Synonym: cló gona

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cló chló gcló
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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