Clár

See also: clar, clàr, clár, and clâr

Irish

Etymology

Possibly named for Thomas de Clare, Lord of Thomond, Hiberno-Norman soldier (see Clare), or possibly related to the name Clarecastle, from Old Irish clár (“bridge, wooden board”).[1][2]

Proper noun

an Clár m (genitive an Chláir)

  1. Clare (a county of Ireland)
    Synonym: Contae an Chláir

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Clár Chlár gClár
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Briggs, Keith (2009). "Clare, Clere, and Clères". Journal of the English Place-name Society (41): 14
  2. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “klaro”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 206-297
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