glac

See also: GLAC and glaç

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacaid.

Pronunciation

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, nominative plural glaca)

  1. hand; half-closed hand; clutch, grasp
  2. handful
  3. fork, recess
  4. holder, receptacle

Declension
Declension of glac

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glac glaca
Vocative a ghlac a ghlaca
Genitive glaice glac
Dative glac
glaic (archaic, dialectal)		 glaca

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghlac na glaca
Genitive na glaice na nglac
Dative leis an nglac
leis an nglaic (archaic, dialectal)

don ghlac
don ghlaic (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na glaca

Verb

glac (present analytic glacann, future analytic glacfaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glactha)

  1. take, accept
  2. (literary) take in hand, handle
  3. undertake
  4. contract (disease); begin to be affected by, experience
  5. obtain by measurement, etc.
  6. (of feelings, sensations) take, seize
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 196:
      Do ghlac rabharta feirge an captaen, ach níor leig sé aon nídh air.
      A flood of rage seized captain was filled with rage, but he didn’t let on.
  7. to take (a picture, a photo)
    Synonym: tóg
    Ghlac sí pictiúr.
    She took a picture.

Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present glacaim glacann tú;
glacair†		 glacann sé, sí glacaimid glacann sibh glacann siad;
glacaid†		 a ghlacann; a ghlacas /
a nglacann*; a nglacas*		 glactar
past ghlac mé; ghlacas ghlac tú; ghlacais ghlac sé, sí ghlacamar; ghlac muid ghlac sibh; ghlacabhair ghlac siad; ghlacadar a ghlac /
ar ghlac*		 glacadh
past habitual ghlacainn / nglacainn‡‡ ghlactá / nglactᇇ ghlacadh sé, sí / nglacadh sé, s퇇 ghlacaimis; ghlacadh muid / nglacaimis‡‡; nglacadh muid‡‡ ghlacadh sibh / nglacadh sibh‡‡ ghlacaidís; ghlacadh siad / nglacaidís‡‡; nglacadh siad‡‡ a ghlacadh /
a nglacadh*		 ghlactaí / nglacta퇇
future glacfaidh mé;
glacfad		 glacfaidh tú;
glacfair†		 glacfaidh sé, sí glacfaimid;
glacfaidh muid		 glacfaidh sibh glacfaidh siad;
glacfaid†		 a ghlacfaidh; a ghlacfas /
a nglacfaidh*; a nglacfas*		 glacfar
conditional ghlacfainn / nglacfainn‡‡ ghlacfá / nglacfᇇ ghlacfadh sé, sí / nglacfadh sé, s퇇 ghlacfaimis; ghlacfadh muid / nglacfaimis‡‡; nglacfadh muid‡‡ ghlacfadh sibh / nglacfadh sibh‡‡ ghlacfaidís; ghlacfadh siad / nglacfaidís‡‡; nglacfadh siad‡‡ a ghlacfadh /
a nglacfadh*		 ghlacfaí / nglacfa퇇
subjunctive present go nglaca mé;
go nglacad†		 go nglaca tú;
go nglacair†		 go nglaca sé, sí go nglacaimid;
go nglaca muid		 go nglaca sibh go nglaca siad;
go nglacaid†		 — go nglactar
past dá nglacainn dá nglactá dá nglacadh sé, sí dá nglacaimis;
dá nglacadh muid		 dá nglacadh sibh dá nglacaidís;
dá nglacadh siad		 — dá nglactaí
imperative glacaim glac glacadh sé, sí glacaimis glacaigí;
glacaidh†		 glacaidís — glactar
verbal noun glacadh
past participle glactha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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

Further reading
  • MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “glac”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page glac

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish glacaid.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kl̪ˠaxk/

Verb

glac (past ghlac, future glacaidh, verbal noun glacadh, past participle glacte)

  1. apprehend, restrain
  2. capture, catch, clutch, grapple, grasp
  3. gulp
  4. secure, seize, snatch, trap

Conjugation
Tense \ Voice Active Passive
Present participle a' glacadh --
Past ghlac ghlacadh
Future glacaidh glacar
Conditional ghlacadh ghlactadh

Derived terms

Noun

glac f (genitive singular glaice, plural glacan or glacannan)

  1. valley, hollow, dale, dell
  2. glade, clearing
    Synonym: blàran coille

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