glao

Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠeː/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪iː/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪iː/, (older) /ɡl̪ɯː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gláed (“a shout, a loud call”).

Noun

glao m (genitive singular glao, nominative plural glaonna)

call, shout
Synonym: scairt

Declension

Declension of glao

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glao	glaonna
Vocative	a ghlao	a ghlaonna
Genitive	glao	glaonna
Dative	glao	glaonna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an glao	na glaonna
Genitive	an ghlao	na nglaonna
Dative	leis an nglao don ghlao	leis na glaonna

Alternative forms

glaodh (obsolete)

Related terms

glaoigh (“call; cry out, shout; call for, invoke, summon”, verb)

Verb

glao

present subjunctive analytic of glaoigh

Alternative forms

glaodha (obsolete)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glao	ghlao	nglao
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glao”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gláed”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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