glais

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See also: Glais and g'laïs

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

glais

  1. inflection of glas:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Noun

glais m

  1. inflection of glas:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative/dative plural

Mutation

Mutated forms of glais
radical lenition eclipsis
glais ghlais nglais

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glas (lock).

Pronunciation

Verb

glais

  1. Alternative form of glas (to lock)
Conjugation

Noun

glais f

  1. dative singular of glas (lock)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

glais

  1. inflection of glas (green):
    1. genitive/vocative singular masculine
    2. dative singular feminine

Mutation

Mutation of glais
radical lenition
glais ghlais

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “glais”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “glais”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 333

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

glais

  1. Soft mutation of clais.

Mutation

Mutated forms of clais
radical soft nasal aspirate
clais glais nghlais chlais

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