glaoigh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish gláedid (“cries out”), from gláed (“a shout, a loud call”) (modern glao).

Verb

glaoigh (present analytic glaonn, future analytic glaofaidh, verbal noun glaoch, past participle glaoite)

1. (transitive, intransitive) call
2. cry out, shout
3. call for, invoke, summon (+ ar)

Conjugation

conjugation of glaoigh (first conjugation – C)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	glaoim	glaonn tú; glaoir†	glaonn sé, sí	glaoimid	glaonn sibh	glaonn siad; glaoid†	a ghlaonn; a ghlaos / a nglaonn*; a nglaos*	glaoitear
	past	ghlaoigh mé; ghlaos	ghlaoigh tú; ghlaois	ghlaoigh sé, sí	ghlaomar; ghlaoigh muid	ghlaoigh sibh; ghlaobhair	ghlaoigh siad; ghlaodar	a ghlaoigh / ar ghlaoigh*	glaodh
	past habitual	ghlaoinn / nglaoinn‡‡	ghlaoiteá / nglaoiteᇇ	ghlaodh sé, sí / nglaodh sé, s퇇	ghlaoimis; ghlaodh muid / nglaoimis‡‡; nglaodh muid‡‡	ghlaodh sibh / nglaodh sibh‡‡	ghlaoidís; ghlaodh siad / nglaoidís‡‡; nglaodh siad‡‡	a ghlaodh / a nglaodh*	ghlaoití / nglaoit퇇
future		glaofaidh mé; glaofad	glaofaidh tú; glaofair†	glaofaidh sé, sí	glaofaimid; glaofaidh muid	glaofaidh sibh	glaofaidh siad; glaofaid†	a ghlaofaidh; a ghlaofas / a nglaofaidh*; a nglaofas*	glaofar
conditional		ghlaofainn / nglaofainn‡‡	ghlaofá / nglaofᇇ	ghlaofadh sé, sí / nglaofadh sé, s퇇	ghlaofaimis; ghlaofadh muid / nglaofaimis‡‡; nglaofadh muid‡‡	ghlaofadh sibh / nglaofadh sibh‡‡	ghlaofaidís; ghlaofadh siad / nglaofaidís‡‡; nglaofadh siad‡‡	a ghlaofadh / a nglaofadh*	ghlaofaí / nglaofa퇇
subjunctive	present	go nglao mé; go nglaod†	go nglao tú; go nglaoir†	go nglao sé, sí	go nglaoimid; go nglao muid	go nglao sibh	go nglao siad; go nglaoid†	—	go nglaoitear
	past	dá nglaoinn	dá nglaoiteá	dá nglaodh sé, sí	dá nglaoimis; dá nglaodh muid	dá nglaodh sibh	dá nglaoidís; dá nglaodh siad	—	dá nglaoití
imperative		glaoim	glaoigh	glaodh sé, sí	glaoimis	glaoigí; glaoidh†	glaoidís	—	glaoitear
verbal noun		glaoch
past participle		glaoite

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative forms

• glaodh, glaoidh (superseded)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠiː/

Noun

glaoigh m

1. genitive singular of glaoch

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glaoigh	ghlaoigh	nglaoigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “glaoigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gláedid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language