glioscarnach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • dlioscarnach

Etymology

Presumably 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
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈɟlʲɨ̞sˠkəɾˠn̪ˠəx/

Noun

glioscarnach f (genitive singular glioscarnaí)

  1. glisten(ing), sparkle/-ing, glitter(ing), twinkle/-ing, glint(-ing)

Declension
Declension of glioscarnach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative glioscarnach
Vocative a ghlioscarnach
Genitive glioscarnaí
Dative glioscarnach
glioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an ghlioscarnach
Genitive na glioscarnaí
Dative leis an nglioscarnach
leis an nglioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don ghlioscarnach
don ghlioscarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glioscarnach ghlioscarnach nglioscarnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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