glic

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish glicc,[1] from Proto-Celtic *glikkis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. sly, cunning, shrewd

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “glicc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 66, page 34
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 134

Further reading

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Old French

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Noun

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glic oblique singularm (nominative singular glis)

  1. gleek (card game)

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish glicc.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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glic (comparative glice)

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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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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.