Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *glinati, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate with Welsh glynu.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲlʲe.nəðʲ/, [ˈɡʲlʲe.nɨðʲ]

Verb edit

glenaid (conjunct ·glen, verbal noun glenamon)

  1. to stick, cling, adhere

For quotations using this term, see Citations:glenaid.

Inflection edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: glean

Mutation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gli-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 160-161

Further reading edit