Scottish Gaelic word

gleann

glen, valley

nounmasculine

gleann means “glen, valley” in Scottish Gaelic and is used as a noun.

Mutation forms

Mutation	Form
Base form	gleann
Sèimheachadh	ghleann

Garbh Eileaich, Garbh Eileach, Gleann a' Chrò, Gleann Urchaidh, An Gearr Loch, Gleann Freòin

An Gleann Mòr no Gleann na h-Albann

"O, Dhruim Athaisidh, tha mi a' faicinn latha air am bidh do raointean dearg le fuil uasal laoch nan gleann."

Nature

abhainn

river, stream

bealach

defile, passage, pass or gorge of a mountain, glen

beinn

mountain, hill

beithe

birch

bileag

blade (of leaf), petal

blàth

blossom, bloom, flower

boglach

bog, fen, marsh, morass, quagmire, swamp

bruach

bank (of lake or river)

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