glór

See also: glor, glòr, and glør

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡl̪ˠoːɾˠ/[1]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡlˠoːɾˠ/[2], /ɡl̪ˠoːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡlˠɔːɾˠ/, /ɡl̪ˠɔːɾˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glór.[3]

Noun

glór m (genitive singular glóir, nominative plural glórtha)

  1. voice
Declension
Declension of glór (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative glór glórtha
vocative a ghlóir a ghlórtha
genitive glóir glórtha
dative glór glórtha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an glór na glórtha
genitive an ghlóir na nglórtha
dative leis an nglór
don ghlór 		leis na glórtha
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Adjective

glór (genitive singular masculine glóir, genitive singular feminine glóire, plural glóra, comparative glóire)

  1. alternative form of gleoir (“clear, bright, limpid”)
Declension
Declension of glór
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative glór ghlór glóra;
ghlóra2
vocative ghlóir glóra
genitive glóre glóra glór
dative glór;
ghlór1 		ghlór;
ghlóir (archaic) 		glóra;
ghlóra2
Comparative níos glóre
Superlative is glóre

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 glór
radical lenition eclipsis
glór ghlór nglór

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 45
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 glór”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glór”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “glór”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡloːr/

Etymology 1

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Noun

glór m

  1. voice, sound, noise
  2. speech, utterance
  3. babbling, talkativeness
  4. sound, noise
  5. song (of birds)
Inflection
Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative glór glórL glóirL
vocative glóir glórL glóruH
accusative glórN glórL glóruH
genitive glóirL glór glórN
dative glórL glóraib glóraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Descendants
  • Irish: glór
  • Manx: glare
  • Scottish Gaelic: glòr

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

glór f

  1. alternative form of glóir (“glory”)

Mutation

Mutation of glór
radical lenition nasalization
glór glór
pronounced with /ɣ-/		 nglór

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

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