glóir

See also: glòir and glór

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠoːɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠɔːɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glóir, from Latin glōria.

Alternative forms

• glóire

Noun

glóir f (genitive singular glóire)

1. glory

Declension

Declension of glóir (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative glóir vocative a ghlóir genitive glóire dative glóir forms with the definite article case singular nominative an ghlóir genitive na glóire dative leis an nglóir don ghlóir

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glóir m

1. vocative/genitive singular of glór

Mutation

Mutated forms of glóir

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glóir	ghlóir	nglóir

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) “glóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “glóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “glóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloːrʲ/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin glōria.

Alternative forms

• glór

Noun

glóir f

1. glory

   Synonyms: adbchlos, áine, indocbál

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	glóirL	glóirL	glóireH
vocative	glóirL	glóirL	glóireH
accusative	glóirN	glóirL	glóireH
genitive	glóireH	glóirL	glóirN
dative	glóirL	glóraib	glóraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: glóir
• Manx: gloyr
• Scottish Gaelic: glòir

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 glóir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glóir

1. inflection of glór:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative plural

Mutation

Mutation of glóir

radical	lenition	nasalization
glóir	glóir pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nglóir

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