gloiní

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɡlˠɪnʲiː]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glainide (“made of glass”). By surface analysis, gloine (“glass”) +‎ -í.

Adjective

gloiní

  1. glassy, vitreous, crystalline, clear
    Synonym: gloiniúil
Declension
Declension of gloiní
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative gloiní ghloiní gloiní;
ghloiní²
Vocative ghloiní gloiní
Genitive gloiní gloiní gloiní
Dative gloiní;
ghloiní¹		 ghloiní gloiní;
ghloiní²
Comparative níos gloiní
Superlative is gloiní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

Noun

gloiní

  1. plural of gloine
  2. glasses, spectacles

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