gléineacht

Irish

Etymology

From gléine +‎ -acht (compare gléineach).

Noun

gléineacht f (genitive singular gléineachta)

1. Alternative form of gléine (“clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness, brilliance, crispness, luminosity, sharpness, vibrancy, vividness”)

Declension

Declension of gléineacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative gléineacht Vocative a ghléineacht Genitive gléineachta Dative gléineacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ghléineacht Genitive na gléineachta Dative leis an ngléineacht don ghléineacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gléineacht	ghléineacht	ngléineacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gléine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “gléineacht” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gléineacht” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.