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Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ancient Greek κλώθω (klṓthō, “twist by spinning”), that is also related to the correct origin of Old English clāth (“cloth”).
Noun[edit]
clò m (genitive singular clò or clòtha, plural clòithean or clòitean)
Synonyms[edit]
- (cloth): aodach
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish cló (“metal spike, nail; imprint, impression; form, shape, appearance; print of a book”), from Proto-Celtic [Term?] (compare Breton klao, Welsh clo), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”) (compare Latin clāvis).
Noun[edit]
clò m (genitive singular clòdha, plural clòdhan)
- printing press
- type
- clò trom ― bold type
Derived terms[edit]
- 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[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
clò | chlò |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “clò”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cló”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples
- gd:Fabrics
- gd:Machines
- gd:Printing
- gd:Typography