Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gliog (click, jingle) +‎ -aire

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gliogaire m (genitive singular gliogaire, nominative plural gliogairí)

  1. blabberer, prattler, prater
  2. boaster

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gliogaire ghliogaire ngliogaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ gliogaire”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 87

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