glac

See also: GLAC and glaç

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠɑk/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠak/, /ɡl̪ˠak/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish glac (“half-opened hand, clutch”).

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, nominative plural glaca)

hand; half-closed hand; clutch, grasp
handful
fork, recess
holder, receptacle

Declension

Declension of glac (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	glac	glaca
vocative	a ghlac	a ghlaca
genitive	glaice	glac
dative	glac glaic (archaic, dialectal)	glaca

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an ghlac	na glaca
genitive	na glaice	na nglac
dative	leis an nglac leis an nglaic (archaic, dialectal) don ghlac don ghlaic (archaic, dialectal)	leis na glaca

Derived terms

glacach (“receptive”, adjective)
glacán (“small hand(ful)”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish glacaid, from the noun.

Verb

glac (present analytic glacann, future analytic glacfaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glactha)

take, accept
(literary) take in hand, handle
undertake
contract (disease); begin to be affected by, experience
obtain by measurement, etc.
take, seize (of feelings, sensations)
- 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
  Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.
  A flood of rage seized captain was filled with rage, but he didn’t let on.
to take (a picture, a photo)
Synonym: tóg

Ghlac sí pictiúr.
She took a picture.

Conjugation

conjugation of glac (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	glacaim	glacann tú; glacair^†	glacann sé, sí	glacaimid	glacann sibh	glacann siad; glacaid^†	a ghlacann; a ghlacas / a nglacann*	glactar
	past	ghlac mé; ghlacas	ghlac tú; ghlacais	ghlac sé, sí	ghlacamar; ghlac muid	ghlac sibh; ghlacabhair	ghlac siad; ghlacadar	a ghlac / ar ghlac*	glacadh
	past habitual	ghlacainn / nglacainn‡‡	ghlactá / nglactá‡‡	ghlacadh sé, sí / nglacadh sé, sí‡‡	ghlacaimis; ghlacadh muid / nglacaimis‡‡; nglacadh muid‡‡	ghlacadh sibh / nglacadh sibh‡‡	ghlacaidís; ghlacadh siad / nglacaidís‡‡; nglacadh siad‡‡	a ghlacadh / a nglacadh*	ghlactaí / nglactaí‡‡
future		glacfaidh mé; glacfad	glacfaidh tú; glacfair^†	glacfaidh sé, sí	glacfaimid; glacfaidh muid	glacfaidh sibh	glacfaidh siad; glacfaid^†	a ghlacfaidh; a ghlacfas / a nglacfaidh*	glacfar
conditional		ghlacfainn / nglacfainn‡‡	ghlacfá / nglacfá‡‡	ghlacfadh sé, sí / nglacfadh sé, sí‡‡	ghlacfaimis; ghlacfadh muid / nglacfaimis‡‡; nglacfadh muid‡‡	ghlacfadh sibh / nglacfadh sibh‡‡	ghlacfaidís; ghlacfadh siad / nglacfaidís‡‡; nglacfadh siad‡‡	a ghlacfadh / a nglacfadh*	ghlacfaí / nglacfaí‡‡
subjunctive	present	go nglaca mé; go nglacad^†	go nglaca tú; go nglacair^†	go nglaca sé, sí	go nglacaimid; go nglaca muid	go nglaca sibh	go nglaca siad; go nglacaid^†	—	go nglactar
subjunctive	past	dá nglacainn	dá nglactá	dá nglacadh sé, sí	dá nglacaimis; dá nglacadh muid	dá nglacadh sibh	dá nglacaidís; dá nglacadh siad	—	dá nglactaí
imperative		glacaim	glac	glacadh sé, sí	glacaimis	glacaigí; glacaidh^†	glacaidís	—	glactar
verbal noun		glacadh
past participle		glactha

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

Derived terms

glacadóir (“receiver”)
glacaire (“handler, grasper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *glac*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
glac	ghlac	nglac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacaid.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠaxk/

Verb

glac (past ghlac, future glacaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glacte)

Conjugation

Tense \ Voice	Active	Passive
Present participle	a' glacadh	--
Past	ghlac	ghlacadh
Future	glacaidh	glacar
Conditional	ghlacadh	ghlactadh

Derived terms

beò-ghlac (“capture; captivate”)
ioma-ghlac (“embrace, hug”)

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, plural glacan or glacannan)

valley, hollow, dale, dell
glade, clearing
Synonym: blàran coille

Mutation

Mutation of *glac*
radical	lenition
glac	ghlac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.