glaine

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡl̪ˠanʲə/, /ˈɡlˠanʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡlˠɨ̞nʲə/, /ˈɡl̪ˠɨ̞nʲə/[2]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Irish glaine.[3] By surface analysis, glan +‎ -e.

Noun[edit]

glaine f (genitive singular glaine)

  1. purity
    Synonym: gile
  2. cleanness, cleanliness
    Synonym: glaineacht
  3. clearness, clarity
    Synonyms: gléine, trédhearcacht
  4. fineness (ratio in a precious metal)
    Synonym: míne
Declension[edit]
Declension of glaine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative glaine
Vocative a ghlaine
Genitive glaine
Dative glaine

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghlaine
Genitive na glaine
Dative leis an nglaine

don ghlaine

Further reading[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective[edit]

glaine

  1. inflection of glan:
    1. genitive feminine singular
    2. comparative degree

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glaine ghlaine nglaine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “glaine”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39
  3. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 glaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

glaine

  1. comparative degree of glan

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
glaine ghlaine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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