glis

See also: Glis

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (weasel, mouse), related to Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, weasel).

Pronunciation

Noun

glīs m (genitive glīris); third declension

  1. dormouse

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glīs glīrēs
Genitive glīris glīrium
Dative glīrī glīribus
Accusative glīrem glīrēs
Ablative glīre glīribus
Vocative glīs glīrēs

Descendants

  • Catalan: liró
  • Corsican: ghjira
  • English: loir
  • French: loir
  • Friulian: glîr

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (to stick; to spread, to smear)[1]. See also Latin glūten and glutus.

Pronunciation

Noun

glis f (genitive glitis); third declension

  1. (mineralogy) A tenacious kind of earth

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glis glitēs
Genitive glitis glitium
Dative glitī glitibus
Accusative glitem glitēs
Ablative glite glitibus
Vocative glis glitēs

References

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959), “glei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 362-363

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb glise

Noun

glis m (definite singular glisen, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisene)
glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa or glisene)

  1. a grin, sneer

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb glise

Noun

glis m (definite singular glisen, indefinite plural glisar, definite plural glisane)
glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa)

  1. a grin, sneer

References


Westrobothnian

Verb

glis

  1. To grin, laugh up one's sleeve.
  2. To mock, make fun of, sneer.
  3. To squint.
  4. To shine through a crack.

Alternative forms

Noun

glis f

  1. Crevice, crack, opening; including, for example, between two clouds.

Adjective

glis

  1. Sparse, not dense.
  2. Thinly sown or grown.

Synonyms

  • grest
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