Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gleus m, f ‎(genitive singular gleusa or gleòis, plural gleusan or gleòis)

1. order, manner, condition

   A bheil a h-uile rud air ghleus?‎ ― Is everything in order?

2. mood, humour
3. (music) key

Derived terms

• air ghleus
• gleusta

Etymology 2

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

Verb

gleus ‎(past ghleus, future gleusaidh, verbal noun gleusadh, past participle gleuste)

1. get ready, prepare, put in order
2. adjust (a machine)
3. (music) tune

Mutation

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• “glés” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “glésaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.