glis

glis

See also: Glis

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁éys (“weasel, mouse”), related to Sanskrit गिरि (girí, “mouse”), Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, “weasel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡliːs/, [ɡlʲiːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlis]

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

Related terms

• glirarium

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Corsican: ghjira
  • Italian: ghiro
• French: loir
  • → English: loir
• Gallo-Italic
  • Lombard: glera
• Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulian: glîr
  • Ladin: ghiro
• West Iberian
  • Galician: lirio
  • Old Spanish: lir
    • ⇒ Spanish: lirón (augmentative)
      • → Catalan: liró
  • ⇒ Galician: leirón
• →⇒ Cimbrian: glèerle

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”)[1]. See also Latin glūten and glutus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlʲɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlis/, [ɡlis]

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

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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)

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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

• In 2020, masculine forms (glisen, glisar, glisane) were made obsolete.[2]

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)

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Westrobothnian

Verb

glis

1. To grin, laugh up one's sleeve.
2. To mock, make fun of, sneer.
3. To squint.
4. To shine through a crack.

Alternative forms

• gliss

Noun

glis f

1. Crevice, crack, opening; including, for example, between two clouds.

Adjective

glis

1. Sparse, not dense.
2. Thinly sown or grown.

Synonyms

• grest