gléineach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From gléine (“clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness; resolution, definition”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]gléineach (genitive singular masculine gléinigh, genitive singular feminine gléiní, plural gléineacha, comparative gléiní)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | gléineach | ghléineach | gléineacha; ghléineacha2 | |
| vocative | ghléinigh | gléineacha | ||
| genitive | gléiní | gléineacha | gléineach | |
| dative | gléineach; ghléineach1 |
ghléineach; ghléinigh (archaic) |
gléineacha; ghléineacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos gléiní | |||
| Superlative | is gléiní | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gléineach | ghléineach | ngléineach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gléineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gléineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gléineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024