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Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish glé, from Proto-Celtic *glēwos.
Pronunciation
Adverb
glè
- 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!
- sufficiently, enough
- perfectly
- (Southern dialects) quite
Usage notes
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| glè |
ghlè
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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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