glór

glór

See also: glor and glòr

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠoːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠɔːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glór.

Noun

glór m (genitive singular glóir, nominative plural glórtha)

1. voice
   1. speech, utterance
   2. sound, noise
   3. (linguistics) voice

Declension

Declension of glór

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative glór glórtha Vocative a ghlóir a ghlórtha Genitive glóir glórtha Dative glór glórtha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an glór na glórtha Genitive an ghlóir na nglórtha Dative leis an nglór don ghlór leis na glórtha

Derived terms

• anghlór (“strange, unnatural, sound, voice”)
• ardghlórach (“loud-voiced, clamorous, loud, loud-mouthed, vociferous”, adjective)
• dea-ghlór (“good, kind, word, remark”)
• glórach (“noisy, boisterous; vocal; voiced”, adjective)
• glóraíl (“sound of voices, vociferation, noisiness”)

 

Adjective

glór (genitive singular masculine glóir, genitive singular feminine glóire, plural glóra, comparative glóire)

1. Alternative form of gleoir (“clear, bright, limpid”)

Declension

Declension of glór

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	glór	ghlór	glóra; ghlóra²
Vocative	ghlóir		glóra
Genitive		glóre	glóra	glór
Dative	glór; ghlór¹	ghlór; ghlóir (archaic)	glóra; ghlóra²
Comparative	níos glóre
Superlative	is glóre

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
glór	ghlór	nglór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "glór" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “glór” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “2 glór” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloːr/

Noun

glór m

1. voice, sound, noise
2. speech, utterance
3. babbling, talkativeness
4. sound, noise
5. song (of birds)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: glór
• Manx: glare
• Scottish Gaelic: glòr

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
glór	glór pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nglór
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “2 glór” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.