glaine
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Irish glaine.[3] By surface analysis, glan + -e.
Noun
[edit]glaine f (genitive singular glaine)
- purity
- Synonym: gile
- cleanness, cleanliness
- Synonym: glaineacht
- clearness, clarity
- Synonyms: gléine, trédhearcacht
- fineness (ratio in a precious metal)
- Synonym: míne
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “glaine”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 366
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glaine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]glaine
- inflection of glan:
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| glaine | ghlaine | nglaine |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “glaine”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 glaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]glaine
Mutation
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