gléine

Irish

Alternative forms

• gléineacht

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gléine f (genitive singular gléine, nominative plural gléiní)

1. clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness, brilliance, crispness, luminosity, sharpness, vibrancy, vividness
2. resolution, definition (of image)

Declension

Declension of gléine

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gléine gléiní Vocative a ghléine a ghléiní Genitive gléine gléiní Dative gléine gléiní

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghléine na gléiní Genitive na gléine na ngléiní Dative leis an ngléine don ghléine leis na gléiní

Derived terms

• ardghléine (“high definition”)
• gléineach (“clear, lucid, transparent”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gléine	ghléine	ngléine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gléine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gléine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gléine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024