gleus

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glés, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine”). Cognate with Irish gléas, Sanskrit हरि (hari), Old High German glanz (“bright”), German Glanz.

Noun

gleus m, f (genitive singular gleusa or gleòis, plural gleusan or gleòis)

  1. order, manner, condition
    A bheil a h-uile rud air ghleus? ― Is everything in order?
  2. mood, humour
  3. (music) key
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glésaid (“adjusts, prepares, arranges, makes ready (for use or action)”), from glés.

Verb

gleus (past ghleus, future gleusaidh, verbal noun gleusadh, past participle gleuste)

  1. get ready, prepare, put in order
  2. adjust (a machine)
  3. (music) tune

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
gleusghleus
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “glés” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “glésaid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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