gleus

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kleːs̪/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glés; cognate with Irish gléas.

Noun

gleus m or f (genitive singular gleusa or gleòis, plural gleusan or gleòis)

  1. order, manner, condition
    A bheil a h-uile rud air ghleus?
    Is everything in order?
  2. mood, humour
  3. (music) key
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glésaid (“to adjust”), from glés, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *gleiwos (“shining, clear”).

Verb

gleus (past ghleus, future gleusaidh, verbal noun gleusadh, past participle gleuste)

  1. get ready, prepare, put in order
  2. adjust (a machine)
  3. (music) tune

Mutation

Mutation of gleus
radical lenition
gleus ghleus

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

References

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