gléineach
Irish
Etymology
From gléine (“clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness; resolution, definition”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
gléineach (genitive singular masculine gléinigh, genitive singular feminine gléiní, plural gléineacha, comparative gléiní)
- clear, lucid, transparent
- bright, shining, vivid
Declension
Declension of gléineach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | gléineach | ghléineach | gléineacha; ghléineacha² | |
Vocative | ghléinigh | gléineacha | ||
Genitive | gléiní | gléineacha | gléineach | |
Dative | gléineach; ghléineach¹ | ghléineach; ghléinigh (archaic) | gléineacha; ghléineacha² | |
Comparative | níos gléiní | |||
Superlative | is gléiní |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gléineach | ghléineach | ngléineach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gléineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “gléineach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gléineach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.