glóthach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

glóthach (genitive singular masculine glóthaigh, genitive singular feminine glóthaí, plural glóthacha, comparative glóthaí)

1. gelatinous
2. viscous

Declension

Declension of glóthach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	glóthach	ghlóthach	glóthacha; ghlóthacha2
vocative	ghlóthaigh		glóthacha
genitive		glóthaí	glóthacha	glóthach
dative	glóthach; ghlóthach1	ghlóthach; ghlóthaigh (archaic)	glóthacha; ghlóthacha2
Comparative	níos glóthaí
Superlative	is glóthaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

glóthach f (genitive singular glóthaí, nominative plural glóthacha)

1. jelly
2. (chemistry) gel
3. (veterinary medicine) animal slime

Declension

Declension of glóthach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative glóthach glóthacha vocative a ghlóthach a ghlóthacha genitive glóthaí glóthach dative glóthach glóthacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ghlóthach na glóthacha genitive na glóthaí na nglóthach dative leis an nglóthach don ghlóthach leis na glóthacha

Derived terms

• glóthach fhroig (“frog-spawn”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glóthach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glóthach	ghlóthach	nglóthach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glóthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “glóthach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “glóthach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024