glac

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See also: GLAC and glaç

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish glac (“half-opened hand, clutch”).

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, nominative plural glaca)

  1. clutch, grasp
  2. handful
Declension
Declension of glac (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative glac glaca
vocative a ghlac a ghlaca
genitive glaice glac
dative glac
glaic (archaic, dialectal) 		glaca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ghlac na glaca
genitive na glaice na nglac
dative leis an nglac
leis an nglaic (archaic, dialectal)
don ghlac
don ghlaic (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na glaca
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish glacaid, from the noun.

Verb

glac (present analytic glacann, future analytic glacfaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glactha)

  1. to take, grasp
  2. to accept, receive
  3. to seize (of feelings, sensations)
  4. to take (a picture, a photo)
    Synonym: tóg
    Ghlac sí pictiúr.
    She took a picture.
Conjugation
conjugation of glac (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun glacadh
past participle glactha
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present glacaim glacann tú;
glacair† 		glacann sé, sí glacaimid glacann sibh glacann siad;
glacaid† 		a ghlacann; a ghlacas /
a nglacann* 		glactar
past ghlac mé; ghlacas ghlac tú; ghlacais ghlac sé, sí ghlacamar; ghlac muid ghlac sibh; ghlacabhair ghlac siad; ghlacadar a ghlac /
ar ghlac* 		glacadh
past habitual ghlacainn / nglacainn‡‡ ghlactá / nglactᇇ ghlacadh sé, sí / nglacadh sé, s퇇 ghlacaimis; ghlacadh muid / nglacaimis‡‡; nglacadh muid‡‡ ghlacadh sibh / nglacadh sibh‡‡ ghlacaidís; ghlacadh siad / nglacaidís‡‡; nglacadh siad‡‡ a ghlacadh /
a nglacadh* 		ghlactaí / nglacta퇇
future glacfaidh mé;
glacfad 		glacfaidh tú;
glacfair† 		glacfaidh sé, sí glacfaimid;
glacfaidh muid 		glacfaidh sibh glacfaidh siad;
glacfaid† 		a ghlacfaidh; a ghlacfas /
a nglacfaidh* 		glacfar
conditional ghlacfainn / nglacfainn‡‡ ghlacfá / nglacfᇇ ghlacfadh sé, sí / nglacfadh sé, s퇇 ghlacfaimis; ghlacfadh muid / nglacfaimis‡‡; nglacfadh muid‡‡ ghlacfadh sibh / nglacfadh sibh‡‡ ghlacfaidís; ghlacfadh siad / nglacfaidís‡‡; nglacfadh siad‡‡ a ghlacfadh /
a nglacfadh* 		ghlacfaí / nglacfa퇇
subjunctive
present go nglaca mé;
go nglacad† 		go nglaca tú;
go nglacair† 		go nglaca sé, sí go nglacaimid;
go nglaca muid 		go nglaca sibh go nglaca siad;
go nglacaid† 		— go nglactar
past dá nglacainn dá nglactá dá nglacadh sé, sí dá nglacaimis;
dá nglacadh muid 		dá nglacadh sibh dá nglacaidís;
dá nglacadh siad 		— dá nglactaí
imperative
– glacaim glac glacadh sé, sí glacaimis glacaigí;
glacaidh† 		glacaidís — glactar

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Quotations
  • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
    Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.
    A flood of rage seized the captain, but he didn’t let on.
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of glac
radical lenition eclipsis
glac ghlac nglac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 490, page 155

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacaid.

Pronunciation

Verb

glac (past ghlac, future glacaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glacte)

  1. apprehend, restrain
  2. capture, catch, clutch, grapple, grasp
  3. gulp
  4. secure, seize, snatch, trap

Conjugation

Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present participle a' glacadh --
Past ghlac ghlacadh
Future glacaidh glacar
Conditional ghlacadh ghlactadh

Derived terms

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, plural glacan or glacannan)

  1. valley, hollow, dale, dell
  2. glade, clearing
    Synonym: blàran coille

Mutation

Mutation of glac
radical lenition
glac ghlac

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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