glór

See also: glor, glòr, and glør

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠoːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠoːɾˠ/, /ɡl̪ˠoːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠɔːɾˠ/, /ɡl̪ˠɔːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glór.

Noun

glór m (genitive singular glóir, nominative plural glórtha)

1. voice

Declension

Declension of glór (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative glór glórtha vocative a ghlóir a ghlórtha genitive glóir glórtha dative glór glórtha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an glór na glórtha genitive an ghlóir na nglórtha dative leis an nglór don ghlór leis na glórtha

Derived terms

• anghlór
• ardghlórach
• brioscghlórach
• dea-ghlór (“good, kind, word, remark”)
• díghlórú (“devoicing”)
• glórach
• glóraíl (“sound of voices, rumbling noise”)
• glórú (“voicing”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

glór (genitive singular masculine glóir, genitive singular feminine glóire, plural glóra, comparative glóire)

1. Alternative form of gleoir (“clear, bright, limpid”)

Declension

Declension of glór

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	glór	ghlór	glóra; ghlóra2
vocative	ghlóir		glóra
genitive		glóre	glóra	glór
dative	glór; ghlór1	ghlór; ghlóir (archaic)	glóra; ghlóra2
Comparative	níos glóre
Superlative	is glóre

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of glór

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glór	ghlór	nglór

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “glór”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloːr/

Etymology 1

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Noun

glór m

1. voice, sound, noise
2. speech, utterance
3. babbling, talkativeness
4. sound, noise
5. song (of birds)

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	glór	glórL	glóirL
vocative	glóir	glórL	glóruH
accusative	glórN	glórL	glóruH
genitive	glóirL	glór	glórN
dative	glórL	glóraib	glóraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: glór
• Manx: glare
• Scottish Gaelic: glòr

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 glór”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Noun

glór f

1. Alternative form of glóir (“glory”)

Mutation

Mutation of glór

radical	lenition	nasalization
glór	glór pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nglór

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.