gliceas

Irish

Alternative forms

• gliocas

Etymology

From Middle Irish gliccus; synchronically analyzable as glic +‎ -as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟlʲɪcəs/

Noun

gliceas m (genitive singular glicis)

1. cleverness, shrewdness

Declension

Declension of gliceas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gliceas Vocative a ghlicis Genitive glicis Dative gliceas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gliceas Genitive an ghlicis Dative leis an ngliceas don ghliceas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gliceas	ghliceas	ngliceas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gliccus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “gliocas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 370
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gliceas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gliceas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gliceas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “gliceas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy