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glainne
glainne
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
Noun
glainne f (genitive singular glainne, plural glainneachan)
- glass
- (in the plural) glasses, spectacles
Synonyms
- (glasses): speuclairean
Derived terms
- dà-ghlainne (“double-glazed”)
- glainneachan-grèine (“sunglasses”)
Usage notes
- As in English, the word may refer either to the substance or to a container, and the plural can have the meaning of glasses, spectacles.
Adjective
glainne
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| glainne | ghlainne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
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
- “glain” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “1 glaine” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.