gléasra

Irish

Alternative forms

• gleusradh (obsolete)

Etymology

From gléas +‎ -ra [from 20th c.].

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟlʲiːa̯sˠɾˠə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɟlʲeːsˠɾˠə/

Noun

gléasra m (genitive singular gléasra, nominative plural gléasraí)

1. apparatus, gear, equipment

   Synonyms: trealamh, fearas

2. plant (factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility)

   Synonym: monarcha

Declension

Declension of gléasra (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gléasra gléasraí vocative a ghléasra a ghléasraí genitive gléasra gléasraí dative gléasra gléasraí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gléasra na gléasraí genitive an ghléasra na ngléasraí dative leis an ngléasra don ghléasra leis na gléasraí

Derived terms

• gléasra cumhachta

Mutation

Mutated forms of gléasra

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gléasra	ghléasra	ngléasra

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

Further reading

• “gléasra”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gléasra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN