gliogar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *glicer attested in glicerglúin (“knock-kneed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟlʲɪɡəɾˠ/

Noun

gliogar m (genitive singular gliogair, nominative plural gliogair)

1. crock (old or broken-down vehicle)
2. rattle (sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
3. prattle (silly, childish talk; babble)

Declension

Declension of gliogar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative gliogar gliogair Vocative a ghliogair a ghliogara Genitive gliogair gliogar Dative gliogar gliogair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an gliogar na gliogair Genitive an ghliogair na ngliogar Dative leis an ngliogar don ghliogar leis na gliogair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gliogar	ghliogar	ngliogar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gligar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gliogar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN