carrchlós

Irish

Etymology

From carr (“car”) +‎ clós (“enclosure, yard”).

Noun

carrchlós m (genitive singular carrchlóis, nominative plural carrchlóis)

1. parking lot, car park

Declension

Declension of carrchlós

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative carrchlós carrchlóis Vocative a charrchlóis a charrchlósa Genitive carrchlóis carrchlós Dative carrchlós carrchlóis

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an carrchlós na carrchlóis Genitive an charrchlóis na gcarrchlós Dative leis an gcarrchlós don charrchlós leis na carrchlóis

Derived terms

• carrchlós ilstórach (“parking garage”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carrchlós	charrchlós	gcarrchlós
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carrchlós”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “car+park”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “parking+lot”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024