glioscarnach
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPresumably 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
editNoun
editglioscarnach f (genitive singular glioscarnaí)
Declension
editDeclension of glioscarnach
Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- ^ “glioscarnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 149, page 76
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “glioscarnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glioscarnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN