gléine

Irish

Alternative forms

• gléineacht

Etymology

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Noun

gléine f (genitive singular gléine, nominative plural gléiní)

1. clearness, clarity, lucidity, transparence, brightness, brilliance, crispness, luminosity, sharpness, vibrancy, vividness
2. resolution, definition (of image)

Declension

Declension of gléine (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gléine gléiní vocative a ghléine a ghléiní genitive gléine gléiní dative gléine gléiní forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghléine na gléiní genitive na gléine na ngléiní dative leis an ngléine don ghléine leis na gléiní

Derived terms

• ardghléine (“high definition”)
• gléineach (“clear, lucid, transparent”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of gléine

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, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gléine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gléine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024