glenaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *glinati, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate with Welsh glynu.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲlʲe.nəðʲ/, [ˈɡʲlʲe.nɨðʲ]

Verb

glenaid (conjunct ·glen, verbal noun glenamon)

  1. to stick, cling, adhere

For quotations using this term, see Citations:glenaid.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • do·glen
  • fo·glen

Descendants

  • Irish: glean

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
glenaid glenaid
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
nglenaid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*gli-na-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 160-161

Further reading

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