gluais

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlˠuəʃ/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish glúais, from Old Irish glúas (“gloss, commentary, explanation”), from Late Latin glōssa (“gloss”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue, language, an obsolete or foreign word requiring explanation”).

Noun

gluais f (genitive singular gluaise, nominative plural gluaiseanna)

comment, remark
gloss
glossary
movement
(obsolete) device, contrivance (mechanical device to perform a certain task)
Synonyms: gaireas, gléas

Declension

Declension of gluais

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gluais	gluaiseanna
Vocative	a ghluais	a ghluaiseanna
Genitive	gluaise	gluaiseanna
Dative	gluais	gluaiseanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ghluais	na gluaiseanna
Genitive	na gluaise	na ngluaiseanna
Dative	leis an ngluais don ghluais	leis na gluaiseanna

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glúasid (“moves, stirs, sets in motion; incites, influences; proceeds, moves, goes”).

Verb

gluais (present analytic gluaiseann, future analytic gluaisfidh, verbal noun gluaiseacht, past participle gluaiste)

Conjugation

First Conjugation (A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third	relative	autonomous
indicative	present	gluaisim	gluaiseann tú; gluaisir^†	gluaiseann sé, sí	gluaisimid	gluaiseann sibh	gluaiseann siad; gluaisid^†	a ghluaiseann; a ghluaiseas / a ngluaiseann; a ngluaiseas	gluaistear
	past	ghluais mé; ghluaiseas	ghluais tú; ghluaisis	ghluais sé, sí	ghluaiseamar; ghluais muid	ghluais sibh; ghluaiseabhair	ghluais siad; ghluaiseadar	a ghluais / ar ghluais*	gluaiseadh
	past habitual	ghluaisinn	ghluaisteá	ghluaiseadh sé, sí	ghluaisimis; ghluaiseadh muid	ghluaiseadh sibh	ghluaisidís; ghluaiseadh siad	a ghluaiseadh / ar ghluaiseadh*	ghluaistí
	future	gluaisfidh mé; gluaisfead	gluaisfidh tú; gluaisfir^†	gluaisfidh sé, sí	gluaisfimid; gluaisfidh muid	gluaisfidh sibh	gluaisfidh siad; gluaisfid^†	a ghluaisfidh; a ghluaisfeas / a ngluaisfidh; a ngluaisfeas	gluaisfear
conditional		ghluaisfinn	ghluaisfeá	ghluaisfeadh sé, sí	ghluaisfimis; ghluaisfeadh muid	ghluaisfeadh sibh	ghluaisfidís; ghluaisfeadh siad	a ghluaisfeadh / ar ghluaisfeadh*	ghluaisfí
subjunctive	present	go ngluaise mé; go ngluaisead^†	go ngluaise tú; go ngluaisir^†	go ngluaise sé, sí	go ngluaisimid; go ngluaise muid	go ngluaise sibh	go ngluaise siad; go ngluaisid^†	—	go ngluaistear
subjunctive	past	dá ngluaisinn	dá ngluaisteá	dá ngluaiseadh sé, sí	dá ngluaisimis; dá ngluaiseadh muid	dá ngluaiseadh sibh	dá ngluaisidís; dá ngluaiseadh siad	—	dá ngluaistí
imperative		gluaisim	gluais	gluaiseadh sé, sí	gluaisimis	gluaisigí; gluaisidh^†	gluaisidís	—	gluaistear
verbal noun		gluaiseacht
past participle		gluaiste

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form

Derived terms

gluaiseacht (“motion; movement; passage; power”)
gluaisrothar (“motorbicycle; motorcycle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gluais	ghluais	ngluais
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glúasid (“move, proceed”).

Verb

gluais (past ghluais, future gluaisidh, verbal noun gluasad, past participle gluaiste)

move
affect

Derived terms

gluaisneachd (“motion, movement”)

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