glao

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠeː/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ɡliː/, (older) /ɡlɯː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠiː/, /ɡl̪ˠiː/; (older) /ɡlˠɯː/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gláed (“a shout, a loud call”).

Alternative forms

• glaodh (superseded)

Noun

glao m (genitive singular glao, nominative plural glaonna)

1. call, shout

   Synonym: scairt

Declension

Declension of glao

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative glao glaonna Vocative a ghlao a ghlaonna Genitive glao glaonna Dative glao glaonna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an glao na glaonna Genitive an ghlao na nglaonna Dative leis an nglao don ghlao leis na glaonna

Related terms

• glaoigh (“call; cry out, shout; call for, invoke, summon”, verb)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• glaodha (superseded)

Verb

glao

1. present subjunctive analytic of glaoigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glao	ghlao	nglao
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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