glis

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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).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

glīs m (genitive glīris); third declension

  1. dormouse
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

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

(Most via the late variant glīrus)

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
Declension

Third-declension noun.

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

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.
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “glei-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 362-363

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the verb glise.[1][2]

Noun

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

  1. a grin
  2. a sneer

Usage notes

  • In 2020, masculine inflection (glisen) was made obsolete.[3]

References

  1. ^ “glis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  2. ^ “glis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  3. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (retrieved 12.21.20)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb glise.[1]

Noun

glis n (definite singular gliset, indefinite plural glis, definite plural glisa)

  1. a grin
  2. a sneer

Usage notes

Noun

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

  1. a person who always has a grin

References

  1. ^ “glis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  2. ^ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (retrieved 12.21.20)