clóphreas

Irish

Etymology

From cló (“font, script; print, impression”) +‎ preas (“press”).

Noun

clóphreas m (genitive singular clóphreasa, nominative plural clóphreasanna)

1. printing press

Declension

Declension of clóphreas (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clóphreas clóphreasanna vocative a chlóphreas a chlóphreasanna genitive clóphreasa clóphreasanna dative clóphreas clóphreasanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an clóphreas na clóphreasanna genitive an chlóphreasa na gclóphreasanna dative leis an gclóphreas don chlóphreas leis na clóphreasanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of clóphreas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clóphreas	chlóphreas	gclóphreas

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) “clóphreas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN