gluais

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠuəʃ/
• (Connacht, Ulster, also) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠuəʃ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish glúais, from Old Irish glúas (“gloss, commentary, explanation”), from Late Latin glōssa (“gloss”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language, an obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation”).

Noun

gluais f (genitive singular gluaise, nominative plural gluaiseanna)

1. comment, remark
2. gloss
3. glossary
4. movement
5. (obsolete) device, contrivance (mechanical device to perform a certain task)

   Synonyms: gaireas, gléas

Declension

Declension of gluais

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gluais gluaiseanna Vocative a ghluais a ghluaiseanna Genitive gluaise gluaiseanna Dative gluais gluaiseanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghluais na gluaiseanna Genitive na gluaise na ngluaiseanna Dative leis an ngluais don ghluais leis na gluaiseanna

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glúasid (“moves, stirs, sets in motion; incites, influences; proceeds, moves, goes”).

Verb

gluais (present analytic gluaiseann, future analytic gluaisfidh, verbal noun gluaiseacht, past participle gluaiste)

1. move
2. proceed
3. derive from
4. pass
5. set out

Conjugation

conjugation of gluais (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	gluaisim	gluaiseann tú; gluaisir†	gluaiseann sé, sí	gluaisimid	gluaiseann sibh	gluaiseann siad; gluaisid†	a ghluaiseann; a ghluaiseas / a ngluaiseann*; a ngluaiseas*	gluaistear
	past	ghluais mé; ghluaiseas	ghluais tú; ghluaisis	ghluais sé, sí	ghluaiseamar; ghluais muid	ghluais sibh; ghluaiseabhair	ghluais siad; ghluaiseadar	a ghluais / ar ghluais*	gluaiseadh
	past habitual	ghluaisinn / ngluaisinn‡‡	ghluaisteá / ngluaisteᇇ	ghluaiseadh sé, sí / ngluaiseadh sé, s퇇	ghluaisimis; ghluaiseadh muid / ngluaisimis‡‡; ngluaiseadh muid‡‡	ghluaiseadh sibh / ngluaiseadh sibh‡‡	ghluaisidís; ghluaiseadh siad / ngluaisidís‡‡; ngluaiseadh siad‡‡	a ghluaiseadh / a ngluaiseadh*	ghluaistí / ngluaist퇇
future		gluaisfidh mé; gluaisfead	gluaisfidh tú; gluaisfir†	gluaisfidh sé, sí	gluaisfimid; gluaisfidh muid	gluaisfidh sibh	gluaisfidh siad; gluaisfid†	a ghluaisfidh; a ghluaisfeas / a ngluaisfidh*; a ngluaisfeas*	gluaisfear
conditional		ghluaisfinn / ngluaisfinn‡‡	ghluaisfeá / ngluaisfeᇇ	ghluaisfeadh sé, sí / ngluaisfeadh sé, s퇇	ghluaisfimis; ghluaisfeadh muid / ngluaisfimis‡‡; ngluaisfeadh muid‡‡	ghluaisfeadh sibh / ngluaisfeadh sibh‡‡	ghluaisfidís; ghluaisfeadh siad / ngluaisfidís‡‡; ngluaisfeadh siad‡‡	a ghluaisfeadh / a ngluaisfeadh*	ghluaisfí / ngluaisf퇇
subjunctive	present	go ngluaise mé; go ngluaisead†	go ngluaise tú; go ngluaisir†	go ngluaise sé, sí	go ngluaisimid; go ngluaise muid	go ngluaise sibh	go ngluaise siad; go ngluaisid†	—	go ngluaistear
	past	dá ngluaisinn	dá ngluaisteá	dá ngluaiseadh sé, sí	dá ngluaisimis; dá ngluaiseadh muid	dá ngluaiseadh sibh	dá ngluaisidís; dá ngluaiseadh siad	—	dá ngluaistí
imperative		gluaisim	gluais	gluaiseadh sé, sí	gluaisimis	gluaisigí; gluaisidh†	gluaisidís	—	gluaistear
verbal noun		gluaiseacht
past participle		gluaiste

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Derived terms

• gluaiseacht (“motion; movement; passage; power”)
• gluaisrothar (“motorbicycle; motorcycle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gluais	ghluais	ngluais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gluais”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 59

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glúasid (“move, proceed”).

Verb

gluais (past ghluais, future gluaisidh, verbal noun gluasad, past participle gluaiste)

1. move
2. affect

Derived terms

• gluaisneachd (“motion, movement”)