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

 

Related terms

• gléineach

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

• “glé”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 glé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “glé”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 369
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 21

Scottish Gaelic

Adverb

glé

1. Superseded spelling of glè.

Mutation

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