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cló

cló

See also: clo, clò, CLO, and cło

Irish

Alternative forms

clódh (obsolete)

Noun

cló m ‎(genitive singular cló, nominative plural clónna)

font, script
print, impression
form
(literary) nail, spike
(medicine) tent (for a wound)

Declension

Declension of cló

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cló	clónna
Vocative	a chló	a chlónna
Genitive	cló	clónna
Dative	cló	clónna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cló	na clónna
Genitive	an chló	na gclónna
Dative	leis an gcló don chló	leis na clónna

Synonyms

(font): clófhoireann
(print): prionta
(form): riocht
(tent): cló gona

Derived terms

Terms derived from cló

claonchló m ‎(“negative”)
clóbhuail, clóigh ‎(“print”, verb)
clóchuir ‎(“typeset”, verb)
clóchur m ‎(“typesetting”)
clódóir m ‎(“printer; dyer”)
cló-eagar m ‎(“composition”)
cló-eagraigh ‎(“compose”, verb)
cló-eagraí m ‎(“compositor”)
clóghrafach ‎(“typographical”, adjective)

clóghrafaíocht f ‎(“typography”)
clóghrafóir m ‎(“typographer”)
cló-inneall m ‎(“printing-machine”)
clólann f ‎(“printing works, print room”)
clólíne f ‎(“line of type”)
clómhiotal m ‎(“type metal”)
clópháipéar m ‎(“printing paper”)
clóphreas m ‎(“printing press”)

clóscríbhinn f ‎(“typescript”)
clóscríbhneoireacht f ‎(“typewriting, typing”)
clóscríobhaí m ‎(“typist”)
clóscríobhán m ‎(“typewriter”)
clóscríobh ‎(“type, typewrite”, verb)
clóscríobh m ‎(“typing, typewriting”)
fótachló m ‎(“phototype”)
iarnchló m ‎(“ferrotype”)

Mutation

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

References

“cló” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“clóḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"cló" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.