glenaid

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Celtic *glinati, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate with Welsh glynu.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲlʲe.nəðʲ/, [ˈɡʲlʲe.nɨðʲ]

Verb[edit]

glenaid (conjunct ·glen, verbal noun glenamon)

  1. to stick, cling, adhere

For quotations using this term, see Citations:glenaid.

Inflection[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Irish: glean

Mutation[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gli-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 160-161

Further reading[edit]