glaise

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See also: glaisé

French

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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glaise f (plural glaises)

  1. clay
  2. (figuratively) earth

Verb

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glaise

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

References

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  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

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Anagrams

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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glaise

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

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
glaise ghlaise nglaise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

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glaise

  1. genitive singular of glas

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
glaise ghlaise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.