"gleann" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /klaun̪ˠ/ Forms: glinne [genitive], gleanntan [plural], glinn [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gleann [mutation, mutation-radical], ghleann [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish glenn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos. Cognate with Welsh glan (“brink, shore”) and Breton glann (“river bank”). Stokes compares Middle High German klinnen, Swiss German klänen (“to climb”), and Old Norse klunna (“cling to”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|glenn}} Old Irish glenn, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*glendos}} Proto-Celtic *glendos, {{cog|cy|glan||brink, shore}} Welsh glan (“brink, shore”), {{cog|br|glann||river bank}} Breton glann (“river bank”), {{cog|gmh|klinnen}} Middle High German klinnen, {{cog|non|klunna||cling to}} Old Norse klunna (“cling to”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|genitive|glinne|plural|gleanntan|or|glinn|g=m}} gleann m (genitive glinne, plural gleanntan or glinn) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|g|leann}}
  1. glen, valley Tags: masculine Categories (place): Landforms

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "glenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish glenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*glendos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *glendos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "glan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "brink, shore"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh glan (“brink, shore”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "glann",
        "3": "",
        "4": "river bank"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton glann (“river bank”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "klinnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German klinnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "klunna",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cling to"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse klunna (“cling to”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish glenn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos. Cognate with Welsh glan (“brink, shore”) and Breton glann (“river bank”). Stokes compares Middle High German klinnen, Swiss German klänen (“to climb”), and Old Norse klunna (“cling to”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "glinne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gleanntan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glinn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gleann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghleann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "glinne",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "gleanntan",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "glinn",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gleann m (genitive glinne, plural gleanntan or glinn)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "g",
        "2": "leann"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "gd:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Great Valley of Peace",
          "text": "Gleann Mòr na Sìthe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "glen, valley"
      ],
      "id": "en-gleann-gd-noun-HmzkEtyF",
      "links": [
        [
          "glen",
          "glen"
        ],
        [
          "valley",
          "valley"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klaun̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gleann"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "glenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish glenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*glendos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *glendos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "glan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "brink, shore"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh glan (“brink, shore”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "glann",
        "3": "",
        "4": "river bank"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton glann (“river bank”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmh",
        "2": "klinnen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German klinnen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "klunna",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cling to"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse klunna (“cling to”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish glenn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos. Cognate with Welsh glan (“brink, shore”) and Breton glann (“river bank”). Stokes compares Middle High German klinnen, Swiss German klänen (“to climb”), and Old Norse klunna (“cling to”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "glinne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gleanntan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "glinn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gleann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghleann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "glinne",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "gleanntan",
        "7": "or",
        "8": "glinn",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gleann m (genitive glinne, plural gleanntan or glinn)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "g",
        "2": "leann"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples",
        "gd:Landforms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the Great Valley of Peace",
          "text": "Gleann Mòr na Sìthe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "glen, valley"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "glen",
          "glen"
        ],
        [
          "valley",
          "valley"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klaun̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gleann"
}

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