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glaine

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡl̪ˠanʲə/, /ˈɡlˠanʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡlˠɨ̞nʲə/, /ˈɡl̪ˠɨ̞nʲə/[2]

Etymology 1

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From Old Irish glaine.[3] By surface analysis, glan +‎ -e.

Noun

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glaine f (genitive singular glaine)

  1. purity
    Synonym: gile
  2. cleanness, cleanliness
    Synonym: glaineacht
  3. clearness, clarity
    Synonyms: gléine, trédhearcacht
  4. fineness (ratio in a precious metal)
    Synonym: míne
Declension
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Declension of glaine (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative glaine
vocative a ghlaine
genitive glaine
dative glaine
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an ghlaine
genitive na glaine
dative leis an nglaine
don ghlaine

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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glaine

  1. inflection of glan:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

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Mutated forms of glaine
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

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  1. ^ “glaine”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
  3. ^ 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

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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glaine

  1. comparative degree of glan

Mutation

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Mutation of glaine
radical lenition
glaine ghlaine

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

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