gluais

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡl̪ˠuəʃ/, /ɡlˠuəʃ/[1]

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish glúais, from Old Irish glúas (“gloss, commentary, explanation”), from Late Latin glōssa (“gloss”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language, an obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation”).

Noun

gluais f (genitive singular gluaise, nominative plural gluaiseanna)

  1. comment, remark
  2. gloss
  3. glossary
  4. movement
  5. (obsolete) device, contrivance (mechanical device to perform a certain task)
    Synonyms: gaireas, gléas
Declension
Declension of gluais (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gluais gluaiseanna
vocative a ghluais a ghluaiseanna
genitive gluaise gluaiseanna
dative gluais gluaiseanna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghluais na gluaiseanna
genitive na gluaise na ngluaiseanna
dative leis an ngluais
don ghluais 		leis na gluaiseanna

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glúaisid (“to move”).[2]

Verb

gluais (present analytic gluaiseann, future analytic gluaisfidh, verbal noun gluaiseacht, past participle gluaiste)

  1. move
  2. proceed
  3. derive from
  4. pass
  5. set out
Conjugation
conjugation of gluais (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun gluaiseacht
past participle gluaiste
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present gluaisim gluaiseann tú;
gluaisir† 		gluaiseann sé, sí gluaisimid gluaiseann sibh gluaiseann siad;
gluaisid† 		a ghluaiseann; a ghluaiseas /
a ngluaiseann* 		gluaistear
past ghluais mé; ghluaiseas ghluais tú; ghluaisis ghluais sé, sí ghluaiseamar; ghluais muid ghluais sibh; ghluaiseabhair ghluais siad; ghluaiseadar a ghluais /
ar ghluais* 		gluaiseadh
past habitual ghluaisinn / ngluaisinn‡‡ ghluaisteá / ngluaisteᇇ ghluaiseadh sé, sí / ngluaiseadh sé, s퇇 ghluaisimis; ghluaiseadh muid / ngluaisimis‡‡; ngluaiseadh muid‡‡ ghluaiseadh sibh / ngluaiseadh sibh‡‡ ghluaisidís; ghluaiseadh siad / ngluaisidís‡‡; ngluaiseadh siad‡‡ a ghluaiseadh /
a ngluaiseadh* 		ghluaistí / ngluaist퇇
future gluaisfidh mé;
gluaisfead 		gluaisfidh tú;
gluaisfir† 		gluaisfidh sé, sí gluaisfimid;
gluaisfidh muid 		gluaisfidh sibh gluaisfidh siad;
gluaisfid† 		a ghluaisfidh; a ghluaisfeas /
a ngluaisfidh* 		gluaisfear
conditional ghluaisfinn / ngluaisfinn‡‡ ghluaisfeá / ngluaisfeᇇ ghluaisfeadh sé, sí / ngluaisfeadh sé, s퇇 ghluaisfimis; ghluaisfeadh muid / ngluaisfimis‡‡; ngluaisfeadh muid‡‡ ghluaisfeadh sibh / ngluaisfeadh sibh‡‡ ghluaisfidís; ghluaisfeadh siad / ngluaisfidís‡‡; ngluaisfeadh siad‡‡ a ghluaisfeadh /
a ngluaisfeadh* 		ghluaisfí / ngluaisf퇇
subjunctive
present go ngluaise mé;
go ngluaisead† 		go ngluaise tú;
go ngluaisir† 		go ngluaise sé, sí go ngluaisimid;
go ngluaise muid 		go ngluaise sibh go ngluaise siad;
go ngluaisid† 		— go ngluaistear
past dá ngluaisinn dá ngluaisteá dá ngluaiseadh sé, sí dá ngluaisimis;
dá ngluaiseadh muid 		dá ngluaiseadh sibh dá ngluaisidís;
dá ngluaiseadh siad 		— dá ngluaistí
imperative
– gluaisim gluais gluaiseadh sé, sí gluaisimis gluaisigí;
gluaisidh† 		gluaisidís — gluaistear

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Quotations
  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126:
    ȷeŕ šē lm̥ fanəxt šȧxtn̥ elə søl ə ʒluəšəs mē.
    [Deir sé liom fanacht seachtain eile sula ghluaiseas mé.]
    He tells me to wait another week before I set out.
  • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126:
    ʒā ŋluəšā əníš, çukā ə n-ām çȧrt eǵ ə bātrūn.
    [Dhá ngluaisfeá anois, thiocfá in am cheart ag an bpátrún.]
    If you set out now, you would come to the pattern at the right time.
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gluais
radical lenition eclipsis
gluais ghluais ngluais

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 152, page 59
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glúasid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glúaisid (“move, proceed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kl̪ˠuəʃ/

Verb

gluais (past ghluais, future gluaisidh, verbal noun gluasad, past participle gluaiste)

  1. move
  2. affect

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of gluais
radical lenition
gluais ghluais

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.