glioscarnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• dlioscarnach

Etymology

Presumably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”), though the intermediate steps are uncertain as the word is attested only from the 19th century. Compare English glister, glisten, glitter, Scots glisk (“glimpse, glance”), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟlʲɨ̞sˠkəɾˠn̪ˠəx/

Noun

glioscarnach f (genitive singular glioscarnaí)

1. glisten(ing), sparkle/-ing, glitter(ing), twinkle/-ing, glint(-ing)

Declension

Declension of glioscarnach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative glioscarnach Vocative a ghlioscarnach Genitive glioscarnaí Dative glioscarnach glioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an ghlioscarnach Genitive na glioscarnaí Dative leis an nglioscarnach leis an nglioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghlioscarnach don ghlioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glioscarnach	ghlioscarnach	nglioscarnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “glioscarnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “glioscarnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glioscarnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 76