Clár
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly named for Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond, Hiberno-Norman soldier (see Clare), or possibly related to the name Clarecastle, from Old Irish clár (“bridge, wooden board”).[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
an Clár m (genitive an Chláir)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Clár | Chlár | gClár |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Briggs, Keith (2009). "Clare, Clere, and Clères". Journal of the English Place-name Society (41): 14
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “klaro”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 206-297