glé
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish glé,[1] from Proto-Celtic *glēwos.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editglé
- clear, bright (not muted or pale), vivid (bright, intense or colorful)
- Synonym: gléineach
- clear, limpid, pure
- clear, lucid (easily understood), pellucid
- Synonym: soiléir
Declension
editDeclension of glé
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | glé | ghlé | glé; ghlé² | |
Vocative | ghlé | glé | ||
Genitive | glé | glé | glé | |
Dative | glé; ghlé¹ |
ghlé | glé; ghlé² | |
Comparative | níos glé | |||
Superlative | is glé |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
glé | ghlé | nglé |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 glé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 39, page 21
Further reading
edit- “glé”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “glé”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 369
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *glēwos.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editglé
Quotations
edit- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 13b12
- Masu glé lib trá in precept ro·pridchus-sa .i. as·réracht Críst hó marbaib, cid dia léicid cundubairt for drécht úaib de resurrectione hominum?
- If, then, what I have preached is clear to you, namely that Christ has risen from the dead, why do you pl leave doubt on a portion of you concerning the resurrection of humans?
- (literally, “…the preaching that I have preached…”)
Descendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
glé | glé pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/ |
nglé |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 glé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
editAdverb
editglé
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
glé | ghlé |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰley-
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰley-
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish terms with quotations
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adverbs
- Scottish Gaelic terms spelled with É
- Scottish Gaelic terms spelled with ◌́
- Scottish Gaelic superseded forms