glaoigh

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gláedid (to cry out), from gláed (a shout, a loud call) (modern glao).[2]

Alternative forms

Verb

glaoigh (present analytic glaonn, future analytic glaofaidh, verbal noun glaoch, past participle glaoite)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to call
  2. to cry out, shout
  3. to call for, invoke, summon
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126:
      veŕcr̥ n̥ t-æŕəǵəd, nuəŕ ə glȳcr̥ ŕ̥.
      [Bheirtear an t-airgead nuair a ghlaoitear air.]
      The money is given when it is called for.
  4. to crow (of a rooster)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glaoigh m

  1. genitive singular of glaoch

Mutation

Mutated forms of glaoigh
radical lenition eclipsis
glaoigh ghlaoigh nglaoigh

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 126
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gláedid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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