clabhar

Irish

Alternative forms

• clabhan m

Etymology

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Noun

clabhar m (genitive singular clabhair, nominative plural clabhair)

1. manteltree; mantelpiece
2. damper (attached to mantel-tree)

Declension

Declension of clabhar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clabhar clabhair vocative a chlabhair a chlabhara genitive clabhair clabhar dative clabhar clabhair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an clabhar na clabhair genitive an chlabhair na gclabhar dative leis an gclabhar don chlabhar leis na clabhair

Synonyms

• (mantelpiece): matal

Derived terms

• clabhar altóra (“retable”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clabhar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clabhar	chlabhar	gclabhar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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