gléineach

Irish

Etymology

From gléine (“clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness; resolution, definition”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gléineach (genitive singular masculine gléinigh, genitive singular feminine gléiní, plural gléineacha, comparative gléiní)

  1. clear, lucid, transparent
  2. bright, shining, vivid

Declension

Declension of gléineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gléineach ghléineach gléineacha;
ghléineacha2
vocative ghléinigh gléineacha
genitive gléiní gléineacha gléineach
dative gléineach;
ghléineach1 		ghléineach;
ghléinigh (archaic) 		gléineacha;
ghléineacha2
Comparative níos gléiní
Superlative is gléiní

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of gléineach
radical lenition eclipsis
gléineach ghléineach ngléineach

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

Further reading

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