gleoite

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gleoite

  1. beautiful, pretty, charming, delightful
    • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 196:
      « Feuch, a chaptaen », ar sise, « do leanbhín gleóidhte ».
      “Look, Captain,” she said, “your beautiful baby.”

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gleoite ghleoite ngleoite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ gleoite”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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