Scottish Gaelic

Noun

clò m ‎(genitive singular clò or clòtha, plural clòithean or clòitean)

1. cloth
2. (specifically) tweed

Synonyms

• (cloth): aodach

Etymology 2

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

clò m ‎(genitive singular clòdha, plural clòdhan)

1. print
2. printing press
3. type

   clò trom‎ ― bold type

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “cló” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.