glaine

Irish

Alternative forms

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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
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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

glaine

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

Mutation
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
  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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠaɲə/

Adjective

glaine

  1. comparative degree of glan

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