gléas
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish glés; cognate with Scottish Gaelic gleus.
Noun edit
gléas m (genitive singular gléis, nominative plural gléasanna)
- device, appliance, apparatus, contraption, contrivance, instrument, machine, utensil
- measure (action to achieve some purpose)
- apparel
- gear (equipment, paraphernalia)
- (music) key
- (fishing) tackle
- (vulgar) cock, dick (penis)
- (vulgar, derogatory) asshole, dickhead, wanker
Declension edit
Declension of gléas
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish glésaid (“adjusts, prepares, arranges, makes ready (for use or action)”), from glés, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *glēwos (“shining, clear”).
Verb edit
gléas (present analytic gléasann, future analytic gléasfaidh, verbal noun gléasadh, past participle gléasta)
Inflection edit
conjugation of gléas (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
gléas m (genitive singular gléis)
- (uncountable) sheen, gloss, polish
Declension edit
Declension of gléas
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gléas | ghléas | ngléas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gléas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “glés”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “glésaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language