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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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glioscarnach f (genitive singular glioscarnaí)

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

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glioscarnach ghlioscarnach nglioscarnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ glioscarnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 149, page 76

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