gleus
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology 1
From Old Irish glés, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Irish gléas, Sanskrit हरि (hari), Old High German glanz (“bright”), German Glanz.
Noun
gleus m or f (genitive singular gleusa or gleòis, plural gleusan or gleòis)
- order, manner, condition
- A bheil a h-uile rud air ghleus? ― Is everything in order?
- mood, humour
- (music) key
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irish glésaid (“adjusts, prepares, arranges, makes ready (for use or action)”), from glés.
Verb
gleus (past ghleus, future gleusaidh, verbal noun gleusadh, past participle gleuste)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
gleus | ghleus |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “gleus”, 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), “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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