gloiní

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡl̪ˠɪnʲiː/, /ˈɡlˠɪnʲiː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glainide (“made of glass”). By surface analysis, gloine (“glass”) +‎ -í (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

gloiní

  1. glassy, vitreous, crystalline, clear
    Synonym: gloiniúil
Declension
Declension of gloiní
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative gloiní ghloiní gloiní;
ghloiní2
vocative ghloiní gloiní
genitive gloiní gloiní gloiní
dative gloiní;
ghloiní1 		ghloiní gloiní;
ghloiní2
Comparative níos gloiní
Superlative is gloiní

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Noun

gloiní

  1. plural of gloine
  2. glasses, spectacles

Mutation

Mutated forms of gloiní
radical lenition eclipsis
gloiní ghloiní ngloiní

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

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