"glan" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See glan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kl̪ˠan/ Forms: glaine [comparative], gloine [comparative]
Etymology: From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|glan}} Old Irish glan, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*glanos||clean, clear}} Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”) Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|||||||||comparative|glaine|or|gloine|||qualitative noun|glainead|or|gloinead|f1accel-form=gen|s|m|f2accel-form=gen|s|f|f3accel-form=gen|s|f|f4accel-form=p|f5accel-form=comparative|f6accel-form=comparative|f7accel-form=comparative|f8accel-form=qualitative|f9accel-form=qualitative|head=}} glan (comparative glaine or gloine, qualitative noun glainead or gloinead), {{gd-adj|comp=glaine|comp2=gloine|qual=glainead|qual2=gloinead}} glan (comparative glaine or gloine, qualitative noun glainead or gloinead)
  1. clean
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-adj-OwZoBPbR
  2. pure
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-adj-uLoux-kH
  3. fine, grand, sheer
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-adj-S6gKFiKt
  4. (colloquial) great, groovy, well Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-adj--BWTXNJs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /kl̪ˠan/
Etymology: From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|glan}} Old Irish glan, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*glanos||clean, clear}} Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”) Head templates: {{head|gd|adverb|head=|nomultiwordcat=}} glan, {{gd-adv}} glan
  1. completely, wholly, thoroughly
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-adv-i3Nxo-Fx
  2. (colloquial, as an intensifier) very much, really, a lot, thoroughly Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-adv-fAcpDF7B
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kl̪ˠan/ Forms: ghlan [past], glanaidh [future], glanadh [noun-from-verb], glante [participle, past]
Etymology: From Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”), from glan. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|glanaid||cleanses, purifies, purges}} Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”) Head templates: {{head|gd|verb|past|ghlan|||future|glanaidh|||verbal noun|glanadh|||||past participle|glante|head=}} glan (past ghlan, future glanaidh, verbal noun glanadh, past participle glante), {{gd-verb|fut=glanaidh|past=ghlan|pp=glante|vn=glanadh}} glan (past ghlan, future glanaidh, verbal noun glanadh, past participle glante)
  1. clean, purify
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-verb-70pFNolv
  2. purge, refine
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-verb-NQKqX~cp Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 0 0 21 0 0 0 15 18 0 0 8 3 0 7 8 11 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 21 0 0 0 15 19 0 0 8 3 0 7 8 11 8 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 17 12 0 13 8 32 8
  3. weed
    Sense id: en-glan-gd-verb-0TLkvJSO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "",
        "11": "verbal noun",
        "12": "glanadh",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "past participle",
        "18": "glante",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "past",
        "4": "ghlan",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "future",
        "8": "glanaidh",
        "9": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "glan (past ghlan, future glanaidh, verbal noun glanadh, past participle glante)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "fut": "glanaidh",
        "past": "ghlan",
        "pp": "glante",
        "vn": "glanadh"
      },
      "expansion": "glan (past ghlan, future glanaidh, verbal noun glanadh, past participle glante)",
      "name": "gd-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clean, purify"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clean",
          "clean"
        ],
        [
          "purify",
          "purify"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "purge, refine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "purge",
          "purge"
        ],
        [
          "refine",
          "refine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weed",
          "weed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kl̪ˠan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "glan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for glan meaning in Scottish Gaelic (6.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: qualitative noun glainead or gloinead",
  "path": [
    "glan"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "glan",
  "trace": ""
}

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