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glic

glic

Irish

Adjective

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

  1. sly, cunning, shrewd

Declension

Mutation

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

  • "glic" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • glicc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old French

Noun

glic m (nominative singular glis)

  1. gleek (card game)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish glicc.

Adjective

glic (comparative glice)

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

Derived terms

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