gleoite

Irish

Alternative forms

• gleoidhte, gleóidhte, gleóidte, gleóite (superseded)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟlʲoːtʲə/

Adjective

gleoite

1. beautiful, pretty, charming, delightful
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:

     « Feuch, a chaptaen », ar sise, « do leanbhín gleóidhte ».

     “Look, Captain,” she said, “your beautiful baby.”

Declension

Declension of gleoite

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	gleoite	ghleoite	gleoite; ghleoite²
Vocative	ghleoite		gleoite
Genitive		gleoite	gleoite	gleoite
Dative	gleoite; ghleoite¹	ghleoite	gleoite; ghleoite²
Comparative	níos gleoite
Superlative	is gleoite

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
gleoite	ghleoite	ngleoite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gleoite”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 369
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gleoite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN