glè

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See also: gle and glé

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish glé, from Proto-Celtic *gleiwos.

Pronunciation

Adverb

glè

  1. very
    glè mhathvery good, very well
    Tha i glè bhrèagha an-diugh.It's so beautiful (out) today.
    Is glè thoil leam iasg.I like fish a lot.
    Glè cheart, ma-thà!Right then, very well!
  2. sufficiently, enough
  3. perfectly
  4. (Southern dialects) quite

Usage notes

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
glè ghlè
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “glè”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC