glibberig
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Low German glibberig (“slippery, smooth”), from Middle Low German glibberich, from a Proto-Germanic base derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).[1][2][3][4]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
glibberig (comparative glibberiger, superlative glibberigst)
Inflection edit
Inflection of glibberig | ||||
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uninflected | glibberig | |||
inflected | glibberige | |||
comparative | glibberiger | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | glibberig | glibberiger | het glibberigst het glibberigste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | glibberige | glibberigere | glibberigste |
n. sing. | glibberig | glibberiger | glibberigste | |
plural | glibberige | glibberigere | glibberigste | |
definite | glibberige | glibberigere | glibberigste | |
partitive | glibberigs | glibberigers | — |
References edit
- ^ “glib”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “glibberig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “glib”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German glibberich, from a Proto-Germanic base derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to shine”).[1] Compare Dutch glibberig, English glibbery.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪbəʁɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɪbəʁɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: glib‧be‧rig
Adjective edit
glibberig (strong nominative masculine singular glibberiger, comparative glibberiger, superlative am glibberigsten)
Declension edit
Positive forms of glibberig
Comparative forms of glibberig
Superlative forms of glibberig
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “glib”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.