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Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”), related to Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “mouse”), Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).
Pronunciation
Noun
glīs m (genitive glīris); third declension
- dormouse
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Descendants
(Most via the late variant glīrus)
- Italo-Romance
- Padanian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
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
- (mineralogy) A tenacious kind of earth
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “glis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- glis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- glis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb glise.[1][2]
Noun
glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa or glisene)
- a grin
- a sneer
Usage notes
- In 2020, masculine inflection (glisen) was made obsolete.[3]
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the verb glise.[1]
Noun
glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa)
- a grin
- a sneer
Usage notes
Noun
glis m (definite singular glisen, indefinite plural glisar, definite plural glisane)
- a person who always has a grin
References