glic

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glicc,[1] from Proto-Celtic *glikkis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

glic (genitive singular feminine glice, plural glice, comparative glice)

  1. sly, cunning, shrewd

Declension

Declension of glic
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative glic ghlic glice;
ghlice2
vocative ghlic glice
genitive glice glice glic
dative glic;
ghlic1 		ghlic glice;
ghlice2
Comparative níos glice
Superlative is glice

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of glic
radical lenition eclipsis
glic ghlic nglic

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glicc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 66, page 34
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134

Further reading

Old French

Noun

glic oblique singular, m (nominative singular glis)

  1. gleek (card game)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glicc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kliçc/

Adjective

glic (comparative glice)

  1. wise, prudent, sage, sound
  2. clever, shrewd
  3. sensible

Declension

Declension of glic (type II adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative glic ghlic glice
genitive ghlic glice glice
dative glic ghlic glice
vocative ghlic ghlic glice

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of glic
radical lenition
glic ghlic

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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