gliú

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English glue (formerly pronounced /ɡljuː/), from Old French glu, from Latin glūten. Likely a doublet of glae, an inherited form, and cognate with Welsh glud.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟlʲuː/

Noun

gliú m (genitive singular gliú, nominative plural gliúnna)

1. glue

Declension

Declension of gliú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gliú gliúnna Vocative a ghliú a ghliúnna Genitive gliú gliúnna Dative gliú gliúnna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gliú na gliúnna Genitive an ghliú na ngliúnna Dative leis an ngliú don ghliú leis na gliúnna

Synonyms

• glae m

Derived terms

• gliú beach m (“propolis”)
• gliúáil (“glue”, verb)
• gliúch (“gluey”, adjective)
• gliúphota m (“glue-pot”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gliú	ghliú	ngliú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gliú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 gliú”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language