glao

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡl̪ˠeː/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ɡliː/, (older) /ɡlɯː/[1]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡlˠiː/, /ɡl̪ˠiː/; (older) /ɡlˠɯː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gláed (a shout, a loud call).[2]

Alternative forms

Noun

glao m (genitive singular glao, nominative plural glaonna)

  1. call, shout
    Synonym: scairt
Declension
Declension of glao (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative glao glaonna
vocative a ghlao a ghlaonna
genitive glao glaonna
dative glao glaonna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an glao na glaonna
genitive an ghlao na nglaonna
dative leis an nglao
don ghlao
leis na glaonna
  • glaoigh (call; cry out, shout; call for, invoke, summon, verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Verb

glao

  1. present subjunctive analytic of glaoigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of glao
radical lenition eclipsis
glao ghlao nglao

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gláed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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