gleba
See also: glebą
English
Etymology
From Latin gleba (“lump, mass”).
Noun
gleba (plural glebae)
- (mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
Anagrams
- Gable, Gebal, bagel, gabel, gable, galbe
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin glaeba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛ.ba/
- Rhymes: -ɛba
- Hyphenation: glè‧ba
Noun
gleba f (plural glebe)
- a clod of earth
Anagrams
- belga
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡleː.ba/, [ˈɡɫ̪eːbä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡle.ba/, [ˈɡlɛːbä]
Noun
glēba f (genitive glēbae); first declension
- Alternative form of glaeba
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | glēba | glēbae |
| Genitive | glēbae | glēbārum |
| Dative | glēbae | glēbīs |
| Accusative | glēbam | glēbās |
| Ablative | glēbā | glēbīs |
| Vocative | glēba | glēbae |
References
- “gleba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gleba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gleba 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)
- gleba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin gleba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛ.ba/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛba
- Syllabification: gle‧ba
Noun
gleba f
- soil
- (colloquial) bail, wipeout; a fall, especially during a sports activity
- (mycology) gleba
Declension
Declension of gleba
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gleba | gleby |
| genitive | gleby | gleb |
| dative | glebie | glebom |
| accusative | glebę | gleby |
| instrumental | glebą | glebami |
| locative | glebie | glebach |
| vocative | glebo | gleby |
Derived terms
adjectives
- bezglebowy
- glebowy
verb
- glebnąć
Further reading
- gleba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gleba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin glēba.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛ.bɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛ.ba/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɛ.bɐ/ [ˈɡlɛ.βɐ]
- Hyphenation: gle‧ba
Noun
gleba f (plural glebas)
- arable land; soil
- Synonym: torrão
- (by extension) a part of a territory that still needs to be judicially divided
- one's own place of origin; motherland
- Synonym: pátria
- a terrain that has not been urbanized
- a terrain containing ores
- (historical) feud
- Synonym: feudo
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin glēba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡleba/ [ˈɡle.β̞a]
- Rhymes: -eba
- Syllabification: gle‧ba
Noun
gleba f (plural glebas)
- clod (lump of earth)
- arable land; soil
See also
- agro
- glebe (English cognate)
Further reading
- “gleba”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014