gleoite
Irish
Alternative forms
- gleoidhte, gleóidhte, gleóidte, gleóite (superseded)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɟlʲoːtʲə/
Adjective
gleoite
- beautiful, pretty, charming, delightful
- 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:
- « Feuch, a chaptaen », ar sise, « do leanbhín gleóidhte ».
- “Look, Captain,” she said, “your beautiful baby.”
- 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:
Declension
Declension of gleoite
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | gleoite | ghleoite | gleoite; ghleoite² | |
| Vocative | ghleoite | gleoite | ||
| Genitive | gleoite | gleoite | gleoite | |
| Dative | gleoite; ghleoite¹ | ghleoite | gleoite; ghleoite² | |
| Comparative | níos gleoite | |||
| Superlative | is gleoite | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gleoite | ghleoite | ngleoite |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “gleoite”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “gleoite”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 369
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gleoite”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN