gle
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Glè ɖòkpó / Glè dòpó
Translingual
Symbol
gle
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognates include Fon glèta, Xwela Gbe glè, Ewe agble.
Pronunciation
Noun
glè (plural glè lɛ́ or glè lẹ́)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by glede
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde, supine gledd or gledt, past participle gledd, present participle gledande, imperative gle)
- (transitive) to make happy; delight, please
- (reflexive) to be happy
- Antonym: grua
- Han Jørgen gler seg til å bli snart ferdig med drivhusbygginga
- Jørgen looks forward to be done with the building of the greenhouse soon
Derived terms
References
- “gle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Shortening of imperative forms of gledati.
Pronunciation
Interjection
glȅ (Cyrillic spelling гле̏)
- (imperative) look, behold
- Gle tamo - medvjed! ― Look over there − a bear!
- lo, behold, lo and behold
- Gle, jagnje Božje koje uzima na se grijehe svijeta (Jovan 1:29) ― Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
- (informal) get a load of, check this out
- Gle ono čudo! Što li je to uopće? ― Get a load of that thing! What even is it?