cló-eagar

Irish

Etymology

From cló (“print, type”) +‎ eagar (“arrangement, order”).

Noun

cló-eagar m (genitive singular cló-eagair, nominative plural cló-eagair)

1. (printing) composition

Declension

Declension of cló-eagar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cló-eagar cló-eagair Vocative a chló-eagair a chló-eagara Genitive cló-eagair cló-eagar Dative cló-eagar cló-eagair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cló-eagar na cló-eagair Genitive an chló-eagair na gcló-eagar Dative leis an gcló-eagar don chló-eagar leis na cló-eagair

Derived terms

• cló-eagraí m (“compositor”)
• cló-eagraigh (“compose”, verb)

Mutation

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cló-eagar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN