gléas
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish glés, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic gleus, Sanskrit हरि (hari), Old High German glanz (“bright”), German Glanz.
Noun
gléas m (genitive singular gléis, nominative plural gléasanna)
- order, adjustment, arrangement, manner, condition
- means, facilities; provision, accommodation
- instrument, tool, device, appliance, apparatus, outfit
- décor, trappings
- (music) key
- (uncountable) glaze; sheen, gloss, polish
Declension
Declension of gléas
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- ainghléas m (“derangement”)
- gléas fótachóipeála m (“photocopier”)
- gléasra m (“apparatus, gear, equipment; plant, factory”)
- mionghléas m (“minor key”)
- mórghléas m (“major key”)
Etymology 2
From Old Irish glésaid (“adjusts, prepares, arranges, makes ready (for use or action)”), from glés.
Verb
gléas (present analytic gléasann, future analytic gléasfaidh, verbal noun gléasadh, past participle gléasta)
Inflection
conjugation of gléas (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gléas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glés”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glésaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Irish transitive verbs
- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A