Irish
Etymology
From gleois (“babble, chatter”) + -ach.
Noun
gleoiseach f (genitive singular gleoisí, nominative plural gleoiseacha)
- linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- Synonym: coinnleoir óir
Declension
Declension of gleoiseach (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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gleoiseach
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gleoiseacha
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| vocative
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a ghleoiseach
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a ghleoiseacha
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| genitive
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gleoisí
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gleoiseach
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| dative
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gleoiseach gleoisigh (archaic, dialectal)
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gleoiseacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an ghleoiseach
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na gleoiseacha
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| genitive
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na gleoisí
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na ngleoiseach
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| dative
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leis an ngleoiseach leis an ngleoisigh (archaic, dialectal) don ghleoiseach don ghleoisigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na gleoiseacha
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of gleoiseach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| gleoiseach
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ghleoiseach
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ngleoiseach
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gleoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gleoiseach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gleoiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025