glé

See also: gle and glè

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟlʲeː/

Adjective

glé

  1. clear, bright (not muted or pale), vivid (bright, intense or colorful)
    Synonym: gléineach
  2. clear, limpid, pure
    Synonyms: gléghlan, glinn, glan
  3. clear, lucid (easily understood), pellucid
    Synonym: soiléir

Declension
Declension of glé
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative glé ghlé glé;
ghlé²
Vocative ghlé glé
Genitive glé glé glé
Dative glé;
ghlé¹		 ghlé glé;
ghlé²
Comparative níos glé
Superlative is glé

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • gléacht
  • glébhinn
  • glébhog
  • glébhuí
  • glédhathach
  • glédhearg
  • glégheal
  • gléghlan

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glé ghlé nglé
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Adverb

glé

  1. Superseded spelling of glè.

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