gliogar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish *glicer attested in glicerglúin (“knock-kneed”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɟlʲɪɡəɾˠ/

Noun

gliogar m (genitive singular gliogair, nominative plural gliogair)

  1. crock (old or broken-down vehicle)
  2. rattle (sound made by loose objects shaking or vibrating against one another)
  3. prattle (silly, childish talk; babble)

Declension
Declension of gliogar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gliogar gliogair
Vocative a ghliogair a ghliogara
Genitive gliogair gliogar
Dative gliogar gliogair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an gliogar na gliogair
Genitive an ghliogair na ngliogar
Dative leis an ngliogar

don ghliogar

 leis na gliogair

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

Further reading
  • “gligar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • "gliogar" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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