bloc-chlár

Irish

Etymology

From bloc +‎ clár, a calque of English blockboard.

Noun

bloc-chlár m (genitive singular bloc-chláir, nominative plural bloc-chláir)

1. blockboard

Declension

Declension of bloc-chlár (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative bloc-chlár bloc-chláir vocative a bhloc-chláir a bhloc-chlára genitive bloc-chláir bloc-chlár dative bloc-chlár bloc-chláir forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an bloc-chlár na bloc-chláir genitive an bhloc-chláir na mbloc-chlár dative leis an mbloc-chlár don bhloc-chlár leis na bloc-chláir

Mutation

Mutated forms of bloc-chlár

radical	lenition	eclipsis
bloc-chlár	bhloc-chlár	mbloc-chlár

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “bloc-chlár”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “bloc-chlár”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm