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
Declension of gluais

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gluais gluaiseanna
Vocative a ghluais a ghluaiseanna
Genitive gluaise gluaiseanna
Dative gluais gluaiseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ghluais na gluaiseanna
Genitive na gluaise na ngluaiseanna
Dative leis an ngluais

don ghluais

 leis na gluaiseanna

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
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present gluaisim gluaiseann tú;
gluaisir†		 gluaiseann sé, sí gluaisimid gluaiseann sibh gluaiseann siad;
gluaisid†		 a ghluaiseann; a ghluaiseas /
a ngluaiseann*; a ngluaiseas*		 gluaistear
past ghluais mé; ghluaiseas ghluais tú; ghluaisis ghluais sé, sí ghluaiseamar; ghluais muid ghluais sibh; ghluaiseabhair ghluais siad; ghluaiseadar a ghluais /
ar ghluais*		 gluaiseadh
past habitual ghluaisinn / ngluaisinn‡‡ ghluaisteá / ngluaisteᇇ ghluaiseadh sé, sí / ngluaiseadh sé, s퇇 ghluaisimis; ghluaiseadh muid / ngluaisimis‡‡; ngluaiseadh muid‡‡ ghluaiseadh sibh / ngluaiseadh sibh‡‡ ghluaisidís; ghluaiseadh siad / ngluaisidís‡‡; ngluaiseadh siad‡‡ a ghluaiseadh /
a ngluaiseadh*		 ghluaistí / ngluaist퇇
future gluaisfidh mé;
gluaisfead		 gluaisfidh tú;
gluaisfir†		 gluaisfidh sé, sí gluaisfimid;
gluaisfidh muid		 gluaisfidh sibh gluaisfidh siad;
gluaisfid†		 a ghluaisfidh; a ghluaisfeas /
a ngluaisfidh*; a ngluaisfeas*		 gluaisfear
conditional ghluaisfinn / ngluaisfinn‡‡ ghluaisfeá / ngluaisfeᇇ ghluaisfeadh sé, sí / ngluaisfeadh sé, s퇇 ghluaisfimis; ghluaisfeadh muid / ngluaisfimis‡‡; ngluaisfeadh muid‡‡ ghluaisfeadh sibh / ngluaisfeadh sibh‡‡ ghluaisfidís; ghluaisfeadh siad / ngluaisfidís‡‡; ngluaisfeadh siad‡‡ a ghluaisfeadh /
a ngluaisfeadh*		 ghluaisfí / ngluaisf퇇
subjunctive present go ngluaise mé;
go ngluaisead†		 go ngluaise tú;
go ngluaisir†		 go ngluaise sé, sí go ngluaisimid;
go ngluaise muid		 go ngluaise sibh go ngluaise siad;
go ngluaisid†		 — go ngluaistear
past dá ngluaisinn dá ngluaisteá dá ngluaiseadh sé, sí dá ngluaisimis;
dá ngluaiseadh muid		 dá ngluaiseadh sibh dá ngluaisidís;
dá ngluaiseadh siad		 — dá ngluaistí
imperative gluaisim gluais gluaiseadh sé, sí gluaisimis gluaisigí;
gluaisidh†		 gluaisidís — gluaistear
verbal noun gluaiseacht
past participle gluaiste

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

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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