glè
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
- glé (superseded)
Etymology edit
From Old Irish glé, from Proto-Celtic *glēwos.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
glè
- very
- glè mhath ― very good, very well
- Tha i glè bhrèagha an-diugh. ― It's so beautiful (out) today.
- Is glè thoil leam iasg. ― I like fish a lot.
- Glè cheart, ma-thà! ― Right then, very well!
- sufficiently, enough
- perfectly
- (Southern dialects) quite
Usage notes edit
- Lenites the following word.
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
glè | ghlè |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |