glac

glac

See also: GLAC and glaç

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacaid.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠɑk/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠak/

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, nominative plural glaca)

1. hand; half-closed hand; clutch, grasp
2. handful
3. fork, recess
4. 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

Verb

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

1. take, accept
2. (literary) take in hand, handle
3. undertake
4. contract (disease); begin to be affected by, experience
5. obtain by measurement, etc.
6. (of feelings, sensations) take, seize
   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 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.

7. to take (a picture, a photo)

   Synonym: tóg

   Ghlac sí pictiúr.

   She took a picture.

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	glacaim	glacann tú; glacair†	glacann sé, sí	glacaimid	glacann sibh	glacann siad; glacaid†	a ghlacann; a ghlacas / a nglacann*; a nglacas*	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 / nglactᇇ	ghlacadh sé, sí / nglacadh sé, s퇇	ghlacaimis; ghlacadh muid / nglacaimis‡‡; nglacadh muid‡‡	ghlacadh sibh / nglacadh sibh‡‡	ghlacaidís; ghlacadh siad / nglacaidís‡‡; nglacadh siad‡‡	a ghlacadh / a nglacadh*	ghlactaí / nglacta퇇
	future	glacfaidh mé; glacfad	glacfaidh tú; glacfair†	glacfaidh sé, sí	glacfaimid; glacfaidh muid	glacfaidh sibh	glacfaidh siad; glacfaid†	a ghlacfaidh; a ghlacfas / a nglacfaidh*; a nglacfas*	glacfar
conditional		ghlacfainn / nglacfainn‡‡	ghlacfá / nglacfᇇ	ghlacfadh sé, sí / nglacfadh sé, s퇇	ghlacfaimis; ghlacfadh muid / nglacfaimis‡‡; nglacfadh muid‡‡	ghlacfadh sibh / nglacfadh sibh‡‡	ghlacfaidís; ghlacfadh siad / nglacfaidís‡‡; nglacfadh siad‡‡	a ghlacfadh / a nglacfadh*	ghlacfaí / nglacfa퇇
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
	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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glac	ghlac	nglac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “glac”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page glac

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠaxk/

Verb

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

1. apprehend, restrain
2. capture, catch, clutch, grapple, grasp
3. gulp
4. secure, seize, snatch, trap

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)

1. valley, hollow, dale, dell
2. glade, clearing

   Synonym: blàran coille

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
glac	ghlac
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.