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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish glicc, from Proto-Celtic *glikkis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
glic (genitive singular feminine glice, plural glice, comparative glice)
- sly, cunning, shrewd
Declension
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| glic
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ghlic
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nglic
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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) “glic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “glicc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34
Old French
Noun
glic oblique singular, m (nominative singular glis)
- gleek (card game)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish glicc.
Pronunciation
Adjective
glic (comparative glice)
- wise, prudent, sage, sound
- clever, shrewd
- sensible
Declension
Declension of glic (type II adjective)
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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| glic |
ghlic
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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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