glac

See also: GLAC and glaç

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠɑk/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠɑk/, /ɡlˠak/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish glac (“half-opened hand, clutch”).

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, nominative plural glaca)

1. clutch, grasp
2. handful

Declension

Declension of glac (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative glac glaca vocative a ghlac a ghlaca genitive glaice glac dative glac glaic (archaic, dialectal) glaca forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ghlac na glaca genitive na glaice na nglac dative leis an nglac leis an nglaic (archaic, dialectal) don ghlac don ghlaic (archaic, dialectal) leis na glaca

Derived terms

• glacach (“receptive”, adjective)
• glacán (“small hand(ful)”)

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish glacaid, from the noun.

Verb

glac (present analytic glacann, future analytic glacfaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glactha)

1. to take, grasp
2. to accept, receive
3. to seize (of feelings, sensations)
4. to take (a picture, a photo)

   Synonym: tóg

   Ghlac sí pictiúr.

   She took a picture.

Conjugation

Conjugation of glac (first conjugation – A)

indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	glacaim	glacann tú; glacair†	glacann sé, sí	glacaimid; glacann muid	glacann sibh	glacann siad; glacaid†	a ghlacann; a ghlacas	glactar
past	ghlac mé; ghlacas	ghlac tú; ghlacais	ghlac sé, sí	ghlacamar; ghlac muid	ghlac sibh; ghlacabhair	ghlac siad; ghlacadar	a ghlac	glacadh
past habitual	ghlacainn / glacainn‡	ghlactá / glactá‡	ghlacadh sé, sí / glacadh sé, sí‡	ghlacaimis; ghlacadh muid / glacaimis‡; glacadh muid‡	ghlacadh sibh / glacadh sibh‡	ghlacaidís; ghlacadh siad / glacaidís‡; glacadh siad‡	a ghlacadh	ghlactaí / glactaí‡
	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	glacfaidh mé; glacfad	glacfaidh tú; glacfair†	glacfaidh sé, sí	glacfaimid; glacfaidh muid	glacfaidh sibh	glacfaidh siad; glacfaid†	a ghlacfaidh; a ghlacfas	glacfar
conditional	ghlacfainn / glacfainn‡	ghlacfá / glacfá‡	ghlacfadh sé, sí / glacfadh sé, sí‡	ghlacfaimis; ghlacfadh muid / glacfaimis‡; glacfadh muid‡	ghlacfadh sibh / glacfadh sibh‡	ghlacfaidís; ghlacfadh siad / glacfaidís‡; glacfadh siad‡	a ghlacfadh	ghlacfaí / glacfaí‡
subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present	go nglaca mé; go nglacad†	go nglaca tú; go nglacair†	go nglaca sé, sí	go nglacaimid; go nglaca muid	go nglaca sibh	go nglaca siad; go nglacaid†	—	go nglactar
past	dá nglacainn	dá nglactá	dá nglacadh sé, sí	dá nglacaimis; dá nglacadh muid	dá nglacadh sibh	dá nglacaidís; dá nglacadh siad	—	dá nglactaí
imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third
—	glacaim	glac	glacadh sé, sí	glacaimis	glacaigí; glacaidh†	glacaidís	—	glactar
past participle	glactha
verbal noun	glacadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Quotations

• 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:

  Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.

  A flood of rage seized the captain, but he didn’t let on.

Derived terms

• glacadóir (“receiver”)
• glacaire (“handler, grasper”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glac

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glac	ghlac	nglac

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “glac”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 539; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “glacaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 540; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “glac”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠaxk/

Verb

glac (past ghlac, future glacaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glacte)

1. apprehend, restrain
2. capture, catch, clutch, grapple, grasp
3. gulp
4. secure, seize, snatch, trap

Conjugation

Conjugation of glac (regular)

stem		glac
verbal noun		glacadh
past participle		glacta
		independent		dependent
		active	passive	active	passive
past		ghlac	ghlacadh	ghlac	ghlacadh
future		glacaidh	glacar glactar	glac	glacar glactar
conditional	1st singular	ghlacainn	ghlactadh ghlacaist1 ghlacaiste1	ghlacainn	ghlactadh ghlacaist1 ghlacaiste1
	1st plural	ghlacamaid ghlacadh sinn		ghlacamaid ghlacadh sinn
	2nd & 3rd	ghlacadh		ghlacadh
relative future		ghlacas	ghlacar
imperative	1st singular	glacam	glacar glactar
	2nd singular	glac
	3rd singular	glacadh
	1st plural	glacamaid
	2nd plural	glacaibh
	3rd plural	glacadh

¹ Lewis dialect form

Combined conjugation of glac (regular)

stem		glac
verbal noun		glacadh
past participle		glacta
		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third m/f	first	second	third
independent	past	ghlac mi	ghlac thu	ghlac e/i	ghlac sinn	ghlac sibh	ghlac iad	ghlacadh
	future	glacaidh mi	glacaidh tu	glacaidh e/i	glacaidh sinn	glacaidh sibh	glacaidh iad	glacar glactar
	conditional	ghlacainn	ghlacadh tu	ghlacadh e/i	ghlacamaid ghlacadh sinn	ghlacadh sibh	ghlacadh iad	ghlactadh ghlacaist1 ghlacaiste1
negative	past	cha do ghlac mi	cha do ghlac thu	cha do ghlac e/i	cha do ghlac sinn	cha do ghlac sibh	cha do ghlac iad	cha do ghlacadh
	future	cha ghlac mi	cha ghlac thu	cha ghlac e/i	cha ghlac sinn	cha ghlac sibh	cha ghlac iad	cha ghlacar cha ghlactar
	conditional	cha ghlacainn	cha ghlacadh tu	cha ghlacadh e/i	cha ghlacamaid cha ghlacadh sinn	cha ghlacadh sibh	cha ghlacadh iad	cha ghlactadh cha ghlacaist1 cha ghlacaiste1
affirmative interrogative	past	an do ghlac mi?	an do ghlac thu?	an do ghlac e/i?	an do ghlac sinn?	an do ghlac sibh?	an do ghlac iad?	an do ghlacadh?
	future	an glac mi?	an glac thu?	an glac e/i?	an glac sinn?	an glac sibh?	an glac iad?	an glacar? an glactar?
	conditional	an glacainn?	an glacadh tu?	an glacadh e/i?	an glacamaid? an glacadh sinn?	an glacadh sibh?	an glacadh iad?	an glactadh? an glacaist?1 an glacaiste?1
negative interrogative	past	nach do ghlac mi?	nach do ghlac thu?	nach do ghlac e/i?	nach do ghlac sinn?	nach do ghlac sibh?	nach do ghlac iad?	nach do ghlacadh?
	future	nach glac mi?	nach glac thu?	nach glac e/i?	nach glac sinn?	nach glac sibh?	nach glac iad?	nach glacar? nach glactar?
	conditional	nach glacainn?	nach glacadh tu?	nach glacadh e/i?	nach glacamaid? nach glacadh sinn?	nach glacadh sibh?	nach glacadh iad?	nach glactadh? nach glacaist?1 nach glacaiste?1
relative future	affirmative	(ma) ghlacas mi	(ma) ghlacas thu	(ma) ghlacas e/i	(ma) ghlacas sinn	(ma) ghlacas sibh	(ma) ghlacas iad	(ma) ghlacar
	negative	(mur) glac mi	(mur) glac thu	(mur) glac e/i	(mur) glac sinn	(mur) glac sibh	(mur) glac iad	(mur) glacar (mur) glactar
imperative		glacam	glac	glacadh e/i	glacamaid	glacaibh	glacadh iad	glacar glactar

¹ Lewis dialect form

Derived terms

• beò-ghlac (“capture; captivate”)
• ioma-ghlac (“embrace, hug”)

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, plural glacan or glacannan)

1. valley, hollow, dale, dell
2. glade, clearing

   Synonym: blàran coille

Mutation

Mutation of glac

radical	lenition
glac	ghlac

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