glae

Irish

Alternative forms

• glaodh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish gláed (compare Welsh glud, from Latin glūten (“glue”)).

Noun

glae m (genitive singular glae, nominative plural glaenna)

1. verbal noun of glaeigh
2. glue
3. gluey, sticky, substance; slime

Declension

Declension of glae

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative glae glaenna Vocative a ghlae a ghlaenna Genitive glae glaenna Dative glae glaenna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an glae na glaenna Genitive an ghlae na nglaenna Dative leis an nglae don ghlae leis na glaenna

• Alternative plural: glaecha

Synonyms

• (glue): gliú m

Derived terms

• glae glas (“bird-lime”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glae	ghlae	nglae
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glae”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 gláed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language