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

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Noun

gliú m (genitive singular gliú, nominative plural gliúnna)

  1. glue

Declension

Declension of gliú (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative gliú gliúnna
vocative a ghliú a ghliúnna
genitive gliú gliúnna
dative gliú gliúnna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an gliú na gliúnna
genitive an ghliú na ngliúnna
dative leis an ngliú
don ghliú 		leis na gliúnna

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Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gliú
radical lenition eclipsis
gliú ghliú ngliú

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

References

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