glic

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glicc, from Proto-Celtic *glikkis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟlʲɪc/

Adjective

glic (genitive singular feminine glice, plural glice, comparative glice)

1. sly, cunning, shrewd

Declension

Declension of glic

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	glic	ghlic	glice; ghlice²
Vocative	ghlic		glice
Genitive		glice	glice	glic
Dative	glic; ghlic¹	ghlic	glice; ghlice²
Comparative	níos glice
Superlative	is glice

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glic	ghlic	nglic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glicc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old French

Noun

glic oblique singular, m (nominative singular glis)

1. gleek (card game)

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glicc.

Adjective

glic (comparative glice)

1. wise, prudent, sage, sound
2. clever, shrewd
3. sensible

Derived terms

• mì-ghlic

Related terms

• gliocas