glao

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠeː/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪iː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪iː/, (older) /ɡl̪ɯː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gláed (“a shout, a loud call”).

Noun

glao m (genitive singular glao, nominative plural glaonna)

1. call, shout

   Synonym: scairt

Declension

Declension of glao

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative glao glaonna Vocative a ghlao a ghlaonna Genitive glao glaonna Dative glao glaonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an glao na glaonna Genitive an ghlao na nglaonna Dative leis an nglao don ghlao leis na glaonna

Alternative forms

• glaodh (obsolete)

Related terms

• glaoigh (“call; cry out, shout; call for, invoke, summon”, verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

glao

1. present subjunctive analytic of glaoigh

Alternative forms

• glaodha (obsolete)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glao	ghlao	nglao
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glao”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gláed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language