clampar

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklˠamˠpˠəɾˠ/

Noun

clampar m (genitive singular clampair, nominative plural clampair)

1. wrangle, noisy quarrelling; commotion, trouble

Declension

Declension of clampar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative clampar clampair Vocative a chlampair a chlampara Genitive clampair clampar Dative clampar clampair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an clampar na clampair Genitive an chlampair na gclampar Dative leis an gclampar don chlampar leis na clampair

Synonyms

• (commotion): anfais, callán
• (quarrelling): achrann

Derived terms

• clampróir m (“wrangler, trouble-maker”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clampar	chlampar	gclampar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “clampar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 144
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clampar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clampar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language