Gleannta

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Literally, “the glens”

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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na Gleannta m pl (genitive na nGleannta)

  1. Glenties (a small town in County Donegal)
  2. Glenns (a townland in County Offaly)

Declension

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Generally invariable, but the following forms are also attested (at least for the town in Donegal):

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Gleannta Ghleannta nGleannta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “Gleanntaí”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ “nGleanntach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  3. ^ “Gleanntaibh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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