glac
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish glac (“half-opened hand, clutch”).
Noun edit
glac f (genitive singular glaice, nominative plural glaca)
Declension edit
Declension of glac
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Irish glacaid, from the noun.
Verb edit
glac (present analytic glacann, future analytic glacfaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glactha)
- take, accept
- (literary) take in hand, handle
- undertake
- contract (disease); begin to be affected by, experience
- obtain by measurement, etc.
- take, seize (of feelings, sensations)
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
- Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.
- A flood of rage seized captain was filled with rage, but he didn’t let on.
- to take (a picture, a photo)
- Synonym: tóg
- Ghlac sí pictiúr.
- She took a picture.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of glac (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
glac | ghlac | nglac |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish glacaid.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
glac (past ghlac, future glacaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glacte)
Conjugation edit
Tense \ Voice | Active | Passive |
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Present participle | a' glacadh | -- |
Past | ghlac | ghlacadh |
Future | glacaidh | glacar |
Conditional | ghlacadh | ghlactadh |
Derived terms edit
- beò-ghlac (“capture; captivate”)
- ioma-ghlac (“embrace, hug”)
Noun edit
glac f (genitive singular glaice, plural glacan or glacannan)
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
glac | ghlac |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |