gléineach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From gléine (“clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness; resolution, definition”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
gléineach (genitive singular masculine gléinigh, genitive singular feminine gléiní, plural gléineacha, comparative gléiní)
Declension edit
Declension of gléineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gléineach | ghléineach | gléineacha; ghléineacha² | |
| Vocative | ghléinigh | gléineacha | ||
| Genitive | gléiní | gléineacha | gléineach | |
| Dative | gléineach; ghléineach¹ |
ghléineach; ghléinigh (archaic) |
gléineacha; ghléineacha² | |
| Comparative | níos gléiní | |||
| Superlative | is gléiní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gléineach | ghléineach | ngléineach |
| 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) “gléineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gléineach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gléineach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.