gléine
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
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Noun
gléine f (genitive singular gléine, nominative plural gléiní)Category:Irish lemmas#GLEINECategory:Irish nouns#GLEINECategory:Irish entries with incorrect language header#GLEINECategory:Irish feminine nouns#GLEINECategory:Pages with entries#GLÉINECategory:Pages with 1 entry#GLÉINE
- clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness, brilliance, crispness, luminosity, sharpness, vibrancy, vividness
- resolution, definition (of image)
Declension
Derived terms
- ardghléine (“high definition”)
- gléineach (“clear, lucid, transparent”, adjective)
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gléine | ghléine | ngléine |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gléine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “gléine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “gléine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026