glaine

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlˠanʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡlˠɨnʲə/[2]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glaine.[3] By surface analysis, glan +‎ -e.

Noun

glaine f (genitive singular glaine)

  1. purity
    Synonym: gile
  2. cleanness, cleanliness
    Synonym: glaineacht
  3. clearness, clarity
    Synonyms: gléine, trédhearcacht
  4. fineness (ratio in a precious metal)
    Synonym: míne
Declension
Declension of glaine (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative glaine
vocative a ghlaine
genitive glaine
dative glaine
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghlaine
genitive na glaine
dative leis an nglaine
don ghlaine

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

glaine

  1. inflection of glan:
    1. feminine genitive singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of glaine
radical lenition eclipsis
glaine ghlaine nglaine

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

References

  1. ^ “glaine”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 glaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡlanʲe]

Etymology 1

From glan +‎ -e.

Alternative forms

Noun

glaine f

  1. clearness, cleanness
  2. glass, crystal
Declension
Feminine iā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative glaineL — —
vocative glaineL — —
accusative glainiN — —
genitive glaine — —
dative glainiL — —
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Irish: glaine, gloine
  • Manx: glenney, glonney
  • Scottish Gaelic: glainne

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

glaine

  1. feminine genitive singular of glan

Mutation

Mutation of glaine
radical lenition nasalization
glaine glaine
pronounced with /ɣ-/		 nglaine

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠaɲə/

Adjective

glaine

  1. comparative degree of glan

Mutation

Mutation of glaine
radical lenition
glaine ghlaine

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

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