gleo
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish gléo (“fight, combat”), from Proto-Celtic *gliwā, from Proto-Indo-European *ģley- (“to rush, attack”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgleo m (genitive singular gleo, nominative plural gleonna)
Declension
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- Archaic declension as follows:
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Derived terms
editMutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gleo | ghleo | ngleo |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gleo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *glīw, from Proto-Germanic *glīwą (“joy, music, entertainment, jesting, sport”). Akin to Old Norse glý (“glee”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editglēo n
Declension
editStrong wa-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | glēo | glēo |
accusative | glēo | glēo |
genitive | glēowes | glēowa |
dative | glēowe | glēowum |
Derived terms
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