glaise

See also: glaisé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French glaise, glase, from Old French glaise, gloise, of obscure and uncertain origin. According to one theory, derived from Gaulish *glisa, which is attested in Late Latin glissomarga, glīsomarga (“a kind of marl, white marl”), although the precise meaning of *gliso- is uncertain.

Alternatively, perhaps derived from a Germanic language, compare Dutch klei, German Low German Klei, English clay, all from Proto-West Germanic *klaij.

Or, possibly from Latin glis (“thick clay, tenacious earth”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡlɛz/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Homophones: glaisent, glaises
  • Rhymes: -ɛz

Noun

glaise f (plural glaises)

  1. clay
  2. (figuratively) earth

Verb

glaise

  1. inflection of glaiser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ Brachet, A. (1873) “glaise”, in Kitchin, G. W., transl., Etymological dictionary of the French language (Clarendon Press Series), 1st edition, London: Oxford/MacMillan and Co.

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡlˠaʃə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡlˠɨ̞ʃə/[1]

Adjective

glaise

  1. inflection of glas:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of glaise
radical lenition eclipsis
glaise ghlaise nglaise

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 39

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

glaise

  1. genitive singular of glas

Mutation

Mutation of glaise
radical lenition
glaise ghlaise

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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