glic

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish glicc, from Proto-Celtic *glikkis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟlʲɪc/

Adjective

glic (genitive singular feminine glice, plural glice, comparative glice)

1. sly, cunning, shrewd

Declension

Declension of glic

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	glic	ghlic	glice; ghlice²
Vocative	ghlic		glice
Genitive		glice	glice	glic
Dative	glic; ghlic¹	ghlic	glice; ghlice²
Comparative	níos glice
Superlative	is glice

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glic	ghlic	nglic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glic”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glicc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34

Old French

Noun

glic oblique singular, m (nominative singular glis)

1. gleek (card game)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glicc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kliçc/

Adjective

glic (comparative glice)

1. wise, prudent, sage, sound
2. clever, shrewd
3. sensible

Declension

Declension of glic (type II adjective)

	Masculine	Feminine	Plural
Nominative	glic	ghlic	glice
Genitive	ghlic	glice	glice
Dative	glic	ghlic	glice
Vocative	ghlic	ghlic	glice

Derived terms

• mì-ghlic

Related terms

• gliocas

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
glic	ghlic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.