glioscarnach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • dlioscarnach[1]

Etymology

Presumably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”), though the intermediate steps are uncertain as the word is attested only from the 19th century. Compare English glister, glisten, glitter, Scots glisk (“glimpse, glance”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟlʲɨsˠkəɾˠn̪ˠəx/[2]

Noun

glioscarnach f (genitive singular glioscarnaí)

  1. glisten(ing), sparkle/-ing, glitter(ing), twinkle/-ing, glint(-ing)

Declension

Declension of glioscarnach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative glioscarnach
vocative a ghlioscarnach
genitive glioscarnaí
dative glioscarnach
glioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghlioscarnach
genitive na glioscarnaí
dative leis an nglioscarnach
leis an nglioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don ghlioscarnach
don ghlioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glioscarnach
radical lenition eclipsis
glioscarnach ghlioscarnach nglioscarnach

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

References

  1. ^ “glioscarnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  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, § 149, page 76

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