glè

See also: gle and glé

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish glé, from Proto-Celtic *glēwos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kleː/

Adverb

glè

  1. very
    glè mhath ― very good, very well
    Tha i glè bhrèagha an-diugh. ― It's so beautiful (out) today.
    Is glè thoil leam iasg. ― I like fish a lot.
    Glè cheart, ma-thà! ― Right then, very well!
  2. sufficiently, enough
  3. perfectly
  4. (Southern dialects) quite

Usage notes

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

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “glè”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.