gluais

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlˠuəʃ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish glúais, from Old Irish glúas (gloss, commentary, explanation), from Late Latin glōssa (gloss), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, tongue, language, an obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation).

Noun

gluais f (genitive singular gluaise, nominative plural gluaiseanna)

  1. comment, remark
  2. gloss
  3. glossary
  4. movement
  5. (obsolete) device, contrivance (mechanical device to perform a certain task)
    Synonyms: gaireas, gléas
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glúasid (moves, stirs, sets in motion; incites, influences; proceeds, moves, goes).

Verb

gluais (present analytic gluaiseann, future analytic gluaisfidh, verbal noun gluaiseacht, past participle gluaiste)

  1. move
  2. proceed
  3. derive from
  4. pass
  5. set out
Conjugation
Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gluais ghluais ngluais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glúasid (move, proceed).

Verb

gluais (past ghluais, future gluaisidh, verbal noun gluasad, past participle gluaiste)

  1. move
  2. affect

Derived terms

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