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glas

See also: Glas, glás, and glas'

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CornishEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡlaːz]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ɡlæːz]

AdjectiveEdit

glas

  1. blue
  2. green (of living things)
  3. grey

SynonymsEdit

DalmatianEdit

NounEdit

glas

  1. Alternative form of glaz

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German glas.

NounEdit

glas n (singular definite glasset, plural indefinite glas)

  1. (uncountable) glass (substance)
  2. glass (drinking vessel)

InflectionEdit

Inflection of glas
neuter
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative glas glasset glas glassene
genitive glas' glassets glas' glassenes

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- ‎(“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, German Glas, English glass, West Frisian glês, Icelandic gler.

NounEdit

glas n ‎(plural glazen, diminutive glaasje n)

  1. (uncountable) glass (material)
    Vensters zijn gemaakt van glas.
    Windows are made of glass.
  2. (countable) glass (vessel)
    Staan er al glazen op tafel?
    Are there glasses on the table yet?
  3. (countable) glass (quantity)
    Drink even een glas water.
    Drink a glass of water.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from glas

AnagramsEdit

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Low German glas.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glas n (genitive singular glas, plural gløs)

  1. glass (material)
  2. glass (beverage container)
  3. glass (quantity)
  4. little bottle

DeclensionEdit

n12 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative glas glasið gløs gløsini
Accusative glas glasið gløs gløsini
Dative glasi glasinum gløsum gløsunum
Genitive glas glasins glasa glasanna

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Vulgar Latin *classum, from Latin classicum.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glas m ‎(plural glas)

  1. (funeral) bell
  2. death knell (omen)

External linksEdit

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glas n ‎(genitive singular glass, nominative plural glös)

  1. glass (beverage container)

DeclensionEdit

declension of glas
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative glas glasið glös glösin
accusative glas glasið glös glösin
dative glasi glasinu glösum glösunum
genitive glass glassins glasa glasanna

Derived termsEdit

IrishEdit

Wikipedia

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos ‎(“green”); compare Welsh glas ‎(“blue”), Middle High German glast ‎(“radiance”), Ancient Greek γλαυκός ‎(glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

AdjectiveEdit

glas ‎(genitive singular masculine glais, genitive singular feminine glaise, plural glasa, comparative glaise)

  1. green (of grass, trees, etc.)
  2. grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; of eyes)
  3. (politics) green
  4. (figuratively) inexperienced
DeclensionEdit
Declension of glas
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative glas ghlas glasa;
ghlasa²
Vocative ghlais glasa
Genitive glaise glasa glas
Dative glas;
ghlas¹		 ghlas;
ghlais (archaic)		 glasa;
ghlasa²
Comparative níos glaise
Superlative is glaise

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish glas ‎(“clasp, lock”).

NounEdit

glas m ‎(genitive singular glais, nominative plural glais)

  1. lock
DeclensionEdit
Declension of glas

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative glas glais
Vocative a ghlais a ghlasa
Genitive glais glas
Dative glas glais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an glas na glais
Genitive an ghlais na nglas
Dative leis an nglas

don ghlas

 leis na glais

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glas ghlas nglas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

KurdishEdit

glas

NounEdit

glas f

  1. glass (substance)

Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glas n

  1. glass (substance)

DescendantsEdit

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English glæs.

NounEdit

glas

  1. glass (substance)

DescendantsEdit

Old IrishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Celtic *glastos ‎(“green”); compare Welsh glas ‎(“blue”), Middle High German glast ‎(“radiance”), Ancient Greek γλαυκός ‎(glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

AdjectiveEdit

glas

  1. green, greenish (especially of growing things, grass, trees, etc.)
  2. blue, green-blue, grey-blue
  3. the colour of the blue dye extracted from woad
  4. metallic in colour
  5. the colour of frost or ice
  6. shades of grey
  7. wan (of complexion)
  8. bluish, livid, discolored
  9. faded (of clothing)
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

glas m, f

  1. lock, fetter, clasp, bolt
  2. winding up, conclusion
DescendantsEdit

MutationEdit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
glas glas
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/		 nglas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old SaxonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *glasą, from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- ‎(“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Old English glæs, Old Dutch glas, Old Frisian gles, Old High German glas, clas, Old Norse gler.

NounEdit

glas n

  1. glass

DescendantsEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a Slavic language; compare Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glas n ‎(plural glasuri)

  1. voice
  2. vote

DeclensionEdit

declension of glas
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) glas glasul (niște) glasuri glasurile
genitive/dative (unui) glas glasului (unor) glasuri glasurilor
vocative glasule glasurilor

SynonymsEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos ‎(“green”); compare Welsh glas ‎(“blue”), Middle High German glast ‎(“radiance”).

AdjectiveEdit

glas

  1. green (of grass, trees, etc.; also "inexperienced")
  2. grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; also of eyes)
DeclensionEdit
Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative glas ghlas glasa
Vocative glais glas glasa
Genitive ghlais ghlais/glaise glas
Dative ghlas ghlais glasa

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Irish glas ‎(“clasp, lock”).

NounEdit

glas f ‎(genitive singular glais or glaise, plural glasan)

  1. lock
Derived termsEdit

VerbEdit

glas ‎(past ghlas, future glasaidh, verbal noun glasadh, past participle glaste)

  1. lock
Alternative formsEdit

See alsoEdit

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
     dearg      uaine      buidhe      ?      bàn
     {{{crimson}}}      magenta      ?      gorm      pinc
     guirmean      gorm      orainds      glas      ?
     dubh      purpaidh      donn      liath      saidhean

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glȃs m ‎(Cyrillic spelling гла̑с)

  1. voice
  2. vote
  3. (expressively) news
  4. (linguistics) phone

DeclensionEdit

Declension of glas
singular plural
nominative glȃs glȁsovi
genitive glasa glasova
dative glasu glasovima
accusative glas glasove
vocative glasu glasovi
locative glasu glasovima
instrumental glasom glasovima

ReferencesEdit

  • “glas” in Hrvatski jezični portal

SloveneEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glás m inan ‎(genitive glasú or glása, nominative plural glasôvi or glási)

  1. voice

DeclensionEdit

Declension of glás (masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv-)
singular dual plural
nominative glás glasôva glasôvi
accusative glás glasôva glasôve
genitive glasú glasôv glasôv
dative glásu glasôvoma glasôvom
locative glásu glasôvih glasôvih
instrumental glásom glasôvoma glasôvi
Declension of glás (masculine inan., hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative glás glása glási
accusative glás glása gláse
genitive glása glásov glásov
dative glásu glásoma glásom
locative glásu glásih glásih
instrumental glásom glásoma glási

Derived termsEdit

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- ‎(“to shine, shimmer, glow”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

glas n

  1. glass (material)
  2. glass (vessel)

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of glas 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative glas glaset glas glasen
Genitive glas glasets glas glasens

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English glass.

NounEdit

glas

  1. glass (as in glass of water)

WelshEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Celtic *glastos ‎(“green”); compare Irish glas ‎(“green, gray”), Middle High German glast ‎(“radiance”), Ancient Greek γλαυκός ‎(glaukós, “blue-green, blue-grey”).

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

glas ‎(feminine singular glas, plural gleision, equative glased, comparative glasach, superlative glasaf)

  1. blue
  2. inexperienced
    • 2001, Menna Elfyn, "Er cof am Kelly":
      Panig wedi'r poen. / "My God its only a little girl" / Meddai'r glas filwr.

See alsoEdit

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     coch      gwyrdd      melyn      melynwyn      gwyn
     rhudd      ?      ?      ?      pinc
     ?      glas      oren, melyngoch      llwyd      fioled
     du      porffor      brown      asur, gwynlas      gwyrddlas

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
glas las nglas unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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