glen
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English glen, borrowed from Irish gleann and Scottish Gaelic gleann, Old and Middle Irish glend, glenn (“mountain valley”), from Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”), hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glend- (“shore”) but the word may have been borrowed from a non-Indo-European substrate language. Compare Manx glion, Welsh glyn. Doublet of glyn.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: glĕn, IPA(key): /ɡlɛn/
- (pin–pen merger) enPR: glĭn, IPA(key): /ɡlɪn/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun edit
glen (plural glens)
- A secluded and narrow valley, especially one with a river running through it; a depression between hills; a dale.
- 1871, Charles Kingsley, “Down the Islands”, in At Last: A Christmas in the West Indies. […], volume I, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 41:
- What riches too, of gold and jewels, might not be hidden among those forest-shrouded glens and peaks? And beyond, and beyond again, ever new islands, new continents perhaps, an inexhaustible wealth of yet undiscovered worlds.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
secluded and narrow valley
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See also edit
See also edit
- glen plaid (probably etymologically unrelated)
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Manx edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish glan, from Proto-Celtic *glanos (“clean, clear”).
Adjective edit
glen (plural glenney, comparative glenney)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Irish glanaid (“cleanses, purifies, purges”), from the adjective.
Verb edit
glen (verbal noun glenney, past participle glennit or glent)
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *glěnь.
Noun edit
glen m inan
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Further reading edit
- “glen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran