gliú
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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English glue (formerly pronounced /ɡljuː/), from Old French glu, from Latin glūten. Likely a doublet of glae, an inherited form, and cognate with Welsh glud.
Pronunciation
Noun
gliú m (genitive singular gliú, nominative plural gliúnna)
Declension
Declension of gliú
Synonyms
- glae m
Derived terms
- gliú beach m (“propolis”)
- gliúáil (“glue”, verb)
- gliúch (“gluey”, adjective)
- gliúphota m (“glue-pot”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gliú | ghliú | ngliú |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gliú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gliú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language