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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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gluc, socket of the eye:
glug, noise of liquid in a vessel when moved, Ir. glug (do.), glugal, clucking of a hen; Eng. cluck. All are onomatopoetic. See gloc. Also glugach, stammering: "clucking". Cf. Sc. glugger, to make a noise in the throat by swallowing any liquid.
gluig, addled (of an egg); from the above word. Cf. W. clwc, soft, addled (of an egg).
glumadh, a great mouthful of liquid, glumag, a deep pool; allied to glug above.
glumraidh, hungriness, devouring (as sea waves) (Hend.):
glùn, the knee, Ir., O. Ir. glún, W., Br. glin: *glûnos. Stokes compares Albanian ǵu (ǵuri, ǵuni), knee. Possibly by dissimilation of the liquids for *gnûnos, from *gnû, *gneu, allied to Eng. knee, Gr. γνúξ, on the knee.
glupad, dropsy in throat of cattle and sheep (Carm.):
glut, voracity, glutair, a glutton, W. glwth (do.), Br. glout from Lat. glutire, swallow, Eng. glutton; M. Ir. glota, belly.
gnàithseach, arable land under crop (M'A.):
gnamhan, periwinkle (Sh., O'B., H.S.D.), Ir. gnamhan:
gnàth, custom, usual, Ir. gnáth, O. Ir. gnáth, solitus, W. gnawd, custom: *gnâto-, Lat. (g)nôtus, known; Gr. γνωτός (do.); Skr. jnâta (do.); root gnô, gnâ, gen, know, Eng. know, etc.
gnè, nature, kind, Ir. gné, O. Ir. gné, gen. gnée, pl. gnéthi (neuter s-stem): *gneses-; root gen, beget, Lat. genus, Gr. γένεσις, genesis, γενος, Eng. kind.
gnìomh, a deed, Ir. gníomh, O. Ir. gním: *gnêmu-; root gnê, do, from gen, beget, as in gin. Hence dèan, nì, rinn.
gnò, gnodh, gruff (Arm.); cf. Ir., E. Ir. gnó, derision.
gnob, a bunch, tumour: from the Eng. knob.
gnog, a knock; from Eng. knock.
gnogach, sulky (Sh., O'R., etc.), gnoig, a surly frown (H.S.D.); cf gnù, grùig.
gnoigean, ball of rosin put on horns of vicious cattle (Skye):
gnoimh, visage, grin (Arm., M'D., M'A.),; gnòimh (Rob.); cf. gnùis.
gnoin, shake and scold a person (M'A.):
gnomh, grunt of a pig (M'A.), for gromh, Ir. grossachd: an onomatopoetic word, allied to Lat. grunnire, grunt, Gr. γρῦ, swine's grunt, Eng. grunt, grumph. See gnòsd.
gnòmhan, groaning (of an animal), grunting; a long-vowel form of gnomh?
gnos, a snout (especially of a pig), Ir. gros, grossach, having a large snout: *grupso-; Gr. γρúψ, a griffin, "hook-nosed", γρυπός, bent, Ger. krumm.
