gleus

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kleːs̪/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glés; cognate with Irish gléas.

Noun

gleus m or 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

• air ghleus
• gleusta

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glésaid (“adjusts, prepares, arranges, makes ready (for use or action)”), from glés, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *gleiwos (“shining, clear”).

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

Mutation of gleus

radical	lenition
gleus	ghleus

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “gleus”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glés”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glésaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language