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Glan
Glan
Swedish
Proper noun
Glan
- a lake in Sweden, west of the town Norrköping in Östergötland, part of Motala ström
glan
glan
Breton
Adjective
glan
Mutation
Mutation of glan
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlˠanˠ/
Etymology
From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”).
Adjective
glan (genitive singular masculine glain, genitive singular feminine glaine, plural glana, comparative glaine)
Declension
Declension of glan
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | glan | ghlan | glana; ghlana² |
|
| Vocative | ghlain | glana | ||
| Genitive | glaine | glana | glan | |
| Dative | glan; ghlan¹ |
ghlan; ghlain (archaic) |
glana; ghlana² |
|
| Comparative | níos glaine | |||
| Superlative | is glaine | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
- Archaic declension
Declension of glan
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | glan | ghlan | glana; ghlana² |
|
| Vocative | ghloin | glana | ||
| Genitive | gloine | glana | glan | |
| Dative | glan; ghlan¹ |
ghlan; ghloin (archaic) |
glana; ghlana² |
|
| Comparative | níos gloine | |||
| Superlative | is gloine | |||
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
Etymology 2
From Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”), from the adjective.
Verb
glan (present analytic glanann, future analytic glanfaidh, verbal noun glanadh, past participle glanta)
Conjugation
First Conjugation (A)
| singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
| indicative | present | glanaim | glanann tú; glanair† |
glanann sé, sí | glanaimid | glanann sibh | glanann siad; glanaid† |
a ghlanann; a ghlanas / a nglanann*; a nglanas* |
glantar |
| past | ghlan mé; ghlanas | ghlan tú; ghlanais | ghlan sé, sí | ghlanamar; ghlan muid | ghlan sibh; ghlanabhair | ghlan siad; ghlanadar | a ghlan / ar ghlan* |
glanadh | |
| past habitual | ghlanainn | ghlantá | ghlanadh sé, sí | ghlanaimis; ghlanadh muid | ghlanadh sibh | ghlanaidís; ghlanadh siad | a ghlanadh / ar ghlanadh* |
ghlantaí | |
| future | glanfaidh mé; glanfad |
glanfaidh tú; glanfair† |
glanfaidh sé, sí | glanfaimid; glanfaidh muid |
glanfaidh sibh | glanfaidh siad; glanfaid† |
a ghlanfaidh; a ghlanfas / a nglanfaidh*; a nglanfas* |
glanfar | |
| conditional | ghlanfainn | ghlanfá | ghlanfadh sé, sí | ghlanfaimis; ghlanfadh muid | ghlanfadh sibh | ghlanfaidís; ghlanfadh siad | a ghlanfadh / ar ghlanfadh* |
ghlanfaí | |
| subjunctive | present | go nglana mé; go nglanad† |
go nglana tú; go nglanair† |
go nglana sé, sí | go nglanaimid; go nglana muid |
go nglana sibh | go nglana siad; go nglanaid† |
— | go nglantar |
| past | dá nglanainn | dá nglantá | dá nglanadh sé, sí | dá nglanaimis; dá nglanadh muid |
dá nglanadh sibh | dá nglanaidís; dá nglanadh siad |
— | dá nglantaí | |
| imperative | glanaim | glan | glanadh sé, sí | glanaimis | glanaigí; glanaidh† |
glanaidís | — | glantar | |
| verbal noun | glanadh | ||||||||
| past participle | glanta | ||||||||
* Indirect relative
† Dialect form
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| glan | ghlan | nglan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *glanos.
Adjective
glan
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “glan” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.