glè

See also: gle and glé

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish glé, from Proto-Celtic *gleiwos.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kleː/

Adverb

glè

  1. very
    glè mhath ― very good, very well
    Tha i glè bhrèagha an-diugh. ― It's so beautiful (out) today.
    Is glè thoil leam iasg. ― I like fish a lot.
    Glè cheart, ma-thà! ― Right then, very well!
  2. sufficiently, enough
  3. perfectly
  4. (Southern dialects) quite

Usage notes

Mutation

Mutation of glè
radical lenition
glè ghlè

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “glè”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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