glao

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gláed (“a shout, a loud call”).

Noun

glao m (genitive singular glao, nominative plural glaonna)

  1. call, shout
Declension
Declension of glao

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glao glaonna
Vocative a ghlao a ghlaonna
Genitive glao glaonna
Dative glao glaonna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an glao na glaonna
Genitive an ghlao na nglaonna
Dative leis an nglao

don ghlao

 leis na glaonna
Alternative forms
  • glaoigh (“call; cry out, shout; call for, invoke, summon”, verb)

Etymology 2

Verb

glao

  1. present subjunctive analytic of glaoigh
Alternative forms
  • glaodha (obsolete)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glao ghlao nglao
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • "glao" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 gláed” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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