clarsach

A woman playing a clarsach or Celtic harp

Meaning

Noun

A small triangular wire-strung harp of Gaelic origin; a Celtic harp.

Origin

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic clàrsach ("harp") by the 1810s, possibly from clàr, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *klāros, *klārom. The word is cognate with Irish cláirseach.

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