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: Case Singular Plural Nominative glór glórtha Vocative a ghlóir a ghlórtha Genitive glóir glórtha Dative glór glórtha

Forms with the definite article: Case 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
• dea-ghlór (“good, kind, word, remark”)
• glórach
• glóraíl (“sound of voices, rumbling noise”)

 

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

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glór	ghlór	nglór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “glór”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloːr/

Etymology 1

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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
glór	glór pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nglór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.