gléineach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom gléine (“clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness; resolution, definition”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editgléineach (genitive singular masculine gléinigh, genitive singular feminine gléiní, plural gléineacha, comparative gléiní)
Declension
editDeclension of gléineach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gléineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gléineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024