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”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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
Descendants

(Most via the late variant glīrus)

  • Italo-Romance
    • Corsican: ghjira
    • Italian: ghiro
  • Padanian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

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)

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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