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Glaschu

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See also: Glaschú

Manx

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (green hollow), from *glas (green) + *cöü (hollow) (for this element see Irish cuas (hollow), Welsh cau (hollow)).

Proper noun

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Glaschu m

  1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Glaschu Ghlaschu Nglaschu
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *glas cu (green hollow), from *glas (green) + *cöü (hollow) (for this element see Irish cuas (hollow), Welsh cau (hollow)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxu/, /ˈkl̪ˠas̪əxɔ/

Proper noun

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Glaschu m or f

  1. Glasgow (a major city and council area of Scotland, largest city in Scotland)

Mutation

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Mutation of Glaschu
radical lenition
Glaschu Ghlaschu

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

Further reading

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  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN