gleo - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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From Old Irish gléo (“fight, combat”), from Proto-Celtic *gliwā, from Proto-Indo-European *ģley- (“to rush, attack”)
gleo m (genitive singular gleo, nominative plural gleonna)
- Archaic declension as follows:
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| gleo | ghleo | ngleo |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gleo”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
From Proto-West Germanic *glīw, from Proto-Germanic *glīwą (“joy, music, entertainment, jesting, sport”). Akin to Old Norse glý (“glee”).
glēo n
Strong wa-stem: