glacadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glacad, verbal noun of glacaid.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠɑkə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠakuː/

Noun

glacadh m (genitive singular glactha)

1. verbal noun of glac

   Synonym: glacan

2. acceptance
3. (electronics, law) reception
4. handling, grasping; seizure

Declension

Declension of glacadh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative glacadh vocative a ghlacadh genitive glactha dative glacadh forms with the definite article singular nominative an glacadh genitive an ghlactha dative leis an nglacadh don ghlacadh

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Autonomous past form:

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠɑkəvˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡlˠakuː/

Third-person imperative form:

• (Aran) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɡlˠɑkətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɡlˠɑkəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈɡlˠakətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈɡlˠakuː/

Verb

glacadh

1. inflection of glac:
   1. autonomous past
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of glacadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glacadh	ghlacadh	nglacadh

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), “glacadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “glacadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “glacadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacad, verbal noun of glacaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkl̪ˠaxkəɣ/

Noun

glacadh m (genitive singular glacaidh, plural glacaidhean)

1. verbal noun of glac
2. capture, seizure
3. grasp

Derived terms

• beò-ghlacadh

Mutation

Mutation of glacadh

radical	lenition
glacadh	ghlacadh

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “glacadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glacad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language