glè

See also: gle and glé

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• glé (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish glé, from Proto-Celtic *gleiwos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kleː/

Adverb

glè

1. very

   glè mhath ― very good, very well

   Tha i glè bhrèagha an-diugh. ― It's so beautiful (out) today.

   Is glè thoil leam iasg. ― I like fish a lot.

   Glè cheart, ma-thà! ― Right then, very well!

2. sufficiently, enough
3. perfectly
4. (Southern dialects) quite

Usage notes

• Lenites the following word.

Mutation

Mutation of glè

radical	lenition
glè	ghlè

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “glè”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC