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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish glenn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos.
Pronunciation
Noun
gleann m or f (genitive singular gleanna or glinne, nominative plural gleannta or glinnte))
- glen, valley
Declension
As a masculine third-declension noun:
As a feminine second-declension noun:
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| gleann
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ghleann
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ngleann
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gleann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 23
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish glenn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos. Cognate with Welsh glan (“brink, shore”) and Breton glann (“river bank”). Stokes compares Middle High German klinnen, Swiss German klänen (“to climb”), and Old Norse klunna (“cling to”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gleann m (genitive glinne, plural gleanntan or glinn)
- glen, valley
- Gleann Mòr na Sìthe ― the Great Valley of Peace
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| gleann |
ghleann
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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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References
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gleann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN