glacadh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glacad, verbal noun of glacaid.

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative glacadh Vocative a ghlacadh Genitive glactha Dative glacadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an glacadh Genitive an ghlactha Dative leis an nglacadh don ghlacadh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glacadh	ghlacadh	nglacadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glacadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glacad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “glacadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “glacadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

---

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glacad, verbal noun of glacaid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠaxkəɣ/

Noun

glacadh m (genitive singular glacaidh, plural glacaidhean)

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

Derived terms

• beò-ghlacadh

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
glacadh	ghlacadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “glacadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 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