glainne

== Scottish Gaelic == === Alternative forms === gloinne === Etymology === From Old Irish glaine (“glass, crystal”, literally “clearness, cleanness”) (compare modern Irish gloine), from glan (“clean, clear”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkl̪ˠaɲə/ === Noun === glainne f (genitive singular glainne, plural glainneachan) glass (in the plural) glasses, spectacles ==== Usage notes ==== As in English, the word may refer either to the substance or to a container, and the plural can have the meaning of glasses, spectacles. ==== Synonyms ==== (glasses): speuclairean ==== Derived terms ==== dà-ghlainne (“double-glazed”) glainneachan-grèine (“sunglasses”) === Adjective === glainne glass === Mutation === === Further reading === Edward Dwelly (1911), “glainne”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 glaine”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language