From Old Irish glainide (“made of glass”). By surface analysis, gloine (“glass”) + -í.
gloiní
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | gloiní | ghloiní | gloiní; ghloiní2 | |
vocative | ghloiní | gloiní | ||
genitive | gloiní | gloiní | gloiní | |
dative | gloiní; ghloiní1 |
ghloiní | gloiní; ghloiní2 | |
Comparative | níos gloiní | |||
Superlative | is gloiní |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
gloiní
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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gloiní | ghloiní | ngloiní |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.