glaoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• glaochan f
• glaodhach m (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish gláedach (“calling, crying out, shouting”), verbal noun of gláedid (“cries out”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ɡliːx/, /ɡleːx/; (older) /ɡlɯːx/

Noun

glaoch m (genitive singular as substantive glaoigh, genitive as verbal noun glaoite)

1. verbal noun of glaoigh
2. calling, call

Declension

(as verbal noun):

Declension of glaoch (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative glaoch vocative a ghlaoch genitive glaoite dative glaoch forms with the definite article case singular nominative an glaoch genitive an ghlaoite dative leis an nglaoch don ghlaoch

(as substantive):

Declension of glaoch (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative glaoch vocative a ghlaoigh genitive glaoigh dative glaoch forms with the definite article case singular nominative an glaoch genitive an ghlaoigh dative leis an nglaoch don ghlaoch

Mutation

Mutated forms of glaoch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
glaoch	ghlaoch	nglaoch

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) “glaoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN