Gleannta

See also: gleannta

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Literally, “the glens”

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɟlʲan̪ˠt̪ˠə/

Proper noun

na Gleannta m pl (genitive na nGleannta)

  1. Glenties (a small town in County Donegal)
  2. Glenns (a townland in County Offaly)

Declension

Generally invariable, but the following forms are also attested (at least for the town in Donegal):

Mutation

Mutated forms of Gleannta
radical lenition eclipsis
Gleannta Ghleannta nGleannta

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

References

  1. ^ “Gleanntaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “nGleanntach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ “Gleanntaibh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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