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gléas

gléas

Irish

Noun

gléas m (genitive singular gléis, nominative plural gléasanna)

  1. order, adjustment, arrangement, manner, condition
  2. means, facilities; provision, accommodation
  3. instrument, tool, device, appliance, apparatus, outfit
    1. caparison, trappings; dress, attire, apparel
    2. tackle, harness
  4. décor, trappings
  5. (music) key
  6. (uncountable) glaze; sheen, gloss, polish

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glésaid (adjusts, prepares, arranges, makes ready (for use or action)), from glés.

Verb

gléas (present analytic gléasann, future analytic gléasfaidh, verbal noun gléasadh, past participle gléasta)

  1. (transitive) adjust, arrange
    1. fit out, equip
    2. dress, array
    3. prepare, make ready

Inflection

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gléas ghléas ngléas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "gléas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • glés” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • glésaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.