glas

See also: Glas, glás, and glas'

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡlaːz]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ɡlæːz]

Adjective

glas

1. blue
2. green (of living things)
3. grey

Synonyms

• blou

Mutation

  Mutation of glas  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
glas	las	unchanged	klas	unchanged	unchanged

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Dalmatian

Noun

glas

1. Alternative form of glaz

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German glas.

Noun

glas n (singular definite glasset, plural indefinite glas)

1. (uncountable) glass (substance)
2. glass (drinking vessel)
3. (nautical) bells, a mark given by the bells of a ship every half hour to mark the passing of time during a four-hour watch. There were eight bells per watch and then the counting started from the beginning.

Inflection

Declension of glas

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	glas	glasset	glas	glassene
genitive	glas'	glassets	glas'	glassenes

Descendants

• → Icelandic: glas

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Low German Glas, German Glas, English glass, West Frisian glês, Icelandic gler.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑs

• audio

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• IPA^(key): /ɣlɑs/, /xlɑs/

Noun

glas n (plural glazen, diminutive glaasje n)

1. (uncountable) glass (material)

   Vensters zijn gemaakt van glas.

   Windows are made of glass.

2. (countable) glass (vessel)

   Staan er al glazen op tafel?

   Are there glasses on the table yet?

3. (countable) glass (quantity)

   Drink even een glas water.

   Drink a glass of water.

Derived terms

• bierglas
• gebrandschilderd glas
• glasachtig
• glas-in-lood
• glasraam
• glazen
• theeglas
• wijnglas

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: glas
• → Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
• → Sranan Tongo: grasi

Anagrams

• slag

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Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German glas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛaːs/

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glas, plural gløs)

1. glass (material)
2. glass (beverage container)
3. glass (quantity)
4. little bottle

Declension

n12	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	glas	glasið	gløs	gløsini
Accusative	glas	glasið	gløs	gløsini
Dative	glasi	glasinum	gløsum	gløsunum
Genitive	glas	glasins	glasa	glasanna

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *classum, from Latin classicum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑ/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

glas m (plural glas)

1. (funeral) bell
2. (figuratively) death knell (omen)

Further reading

• “glas” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaːs/
• Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glass, nominative plural glös)

1. glass (beverage container)

Declension

declension of glas

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	glas	glasið	glös	glösin
accusative	glas	glasið	glös	glösin
dative	glasi	glasinu	glösum	glösunum
genitive	glass	glassins	glasa	glasanna

Derived terms

• andaglas
• stundaglas
• tilraunaglas
• vatnsglas

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlˠasˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Adjective

glas (genitive singular masculine glais, genitive singular feminine glaise, plural glasa, comparative glaise)

1. green (of grass, trees, etc.)
2. grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; of eyes)
3. (politics) green
4. (figuratively) inexperienced

Declension

Declension of glas

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	glas	ghlas	glasa; ghlasa²
Vocative	ghlais		glasa
Genitive		glase	glasa	glas
Dative	glas; ghlas¹	ghlas; ghlais (archaic)	glasa; ghlasa²
Comparative	níos glase
Superlative	is glase

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• arán glas (“wall pennywort”)
• barrghlas (“green-topped”)
• glasra (“greenery; vegetable”)
• scothghlas (“greenish”, adjective)

 

See also

• uaine

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glas (“clasp, lock”).

Noun

glas m (genitive singular glais, nominative plural glais)

1. lock

Declension

Declension of glas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative glas glais Vocative a ghlais a ghlasa Genitive glais glas Dative glas glais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an glas na glais Genitive an ghlais na nglas Dative leis an nglas don ghlas leis na glais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
glas	ghlas	nglas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "glas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “glas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “glas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Kurdish

glas

Noun

glas f

1. glass (substance)

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣlas/

Noun

glas n

1. glass (substance)

Descendants

• Dutch: glas
  • Afrikaans: glas
  • → Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
  • → Sranan Tongo: grasi
• Limburgish: glaas

Further reading

• “glas”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “glas”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• glasse, glass

Etymology

From Old English glæs.

Noun

glas

1. glass (substance)
   • 14th century, Chaucer, General Prologue

     hir eyen greye as glas

     her eyes [were] as gray as glass

Descendants

• English: glass
  • → Fiji Hindi: gilaas
  • → Indonesian: gelas
  • → Japanese: グラス (gurasu), ガラス (garasu)
  • → Kikuyu: ngirathi
  • → Malay: gelas, ݢلس‎
• Scots: glas, glass

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German glas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːs/

Noun

glas n (definite singular glaset, indefinite plural glas, definite plural glasa)

1. glass (hard and transparent material)
2. glass (drink container made of glass)
3. window

See also

• glass (Bokmål)

References

• “glas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Adjective

glas

1. green, greenish (especially of growing things, grass, trees, etc.)
2. blue, green-blue, grey-blue
3. the colour of the blue dye extracted from woad
4. metallic in colour
5. the colour of frost or ice
6. shades of grey
7. wan (of complexion)
8. bluish, livid, discolored
9. faded (of clothing)

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: glas
• Manx: glass
• Scottish Gaelic: glas

Etymology 2

Noun

glas m, f

1. lock, fetter, clasp, bolt
2. winding up, conclusion

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: glas
• Manx: glass
• Scottish Gaelic: glas

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
glas	glas pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/	nglas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “1 glas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 glas” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• gles

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”). Compare Old English glæs, Old Dutch glas, Old Frisian gles, Old High German glas, clas, Old Norse gler.

Noun

glas n

1. glass

Descendants

• Middle Low German: glas
  • German Low German: Glas
  • Plautdietsch: Glauss
  • → Old Norse: glas (in glaskeri)
    • Faroese: glas
    • Norwegian: glass, glas
    • Old Swedish: glas
      • Swedish: glas
        • → Finnish: klasi, lasi
          • → Votic: klazi, klasi
    • Old Danish: glas
      • Danish: glas
        • → Icelandic: glas
    • Westrobothnian: glæs, glås

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Romanian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlas/
• Rhymes: -as

Noun

glas n (plural glasuri)

1. voice
2. vote

Declension

declension of glas

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) glas	glasul	(niște) glasuri	glasurile
genitive/dative	(unui) glas	glasului	(unor) glasuri	glasurilor
vocative	glasule		glasurilor

Synonyms

• voce

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klas/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Adjective

glas

1. green (of grass, trees, etc.; also "inexperienced")
2. grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; also of eyes)

Declension

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	glas	ghlas	glasa
Vocative	glais	glas	glasa
Genitive	ghlais	ghlais/glaise	glas
Dative	ghlas	ghlais	glasa

Etymology 2

From Old Irish glas (“clasp, lock”).

Noun

glas f (genitive singular glais or glaise, plural glasan)

1. lock

Derived terms

• glas-ghuib

Verb

glas (past ghlas, future glasaidh, verbal noun glasadh, past participle glaste)

1. lock

Alternative forms

• glais

See also

Colors in Scottish Gaelic · dathan (layout · text)
bàn	glas	dubh
dearg ; ruadh	orainds ; donn	buidhe ; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm ; gorm
liath ; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh ; guirmean	pinc ; purpaidh	pinc

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlaːs/

Noun

glȃs m (Cyrillic spelling гла̑с)

1. voice
2. vote
3. (expressively) news
4. (linguistics) phone

Declension

Declension of glas

	singular	plural
nominative	glȃs	glȁsovi
genitive	glasa	glasova
dative	glasu	glasovima
accusative	glas	glasove
vocative	glasu	glasovi
locative	glasu	glasovima
instrumental	glasom	glasovima

References

• “glas” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡláːs/
• Tonal orthography: glȃs

Noun

glás m inan (genitive glasú or glása, nominative plural glasôvi or glási)

1. voice

Declension

Declension of glás (masculine inan., hard o-stem, mobile accent, plural in -ôv-)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	glás	glasôva	glasôvi
accusative	glás	glasôva	glasôve
genitive	glasú	glasôv	glasôv
dative	glásu	glasôvoma	glasôvom
locative	glásu	glasôvih	glasôvih
instrumental	glásom	glasôvoma	glasôvi

Declension of glás (masculine inan., hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	glás	glása	glási
accusative	glás	glása	gláse
genitive	glása	glásov	glásov
dative	glásu	glásoma	glásom
locative	glásu	glásih	glásih
instrumental	glásom	glásoma	glási

Derived terms

• glásek
• glásen

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Spanish

Adjective

glas (invariable)

1. Only used in azúcar glas

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːs/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːs

Noun

glas n

1. glass (material)
2. glass (vessel)

Declension

Declension of glas
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	glas	glaset	glas	glasen
Genitive	glas	glasets	glas	glasens

Descendants

• → Finnish: klasi, lasi
  • → Votic: klazi, klasi

References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa (2004-2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. →ISBN.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English glass.

Noun

glas

1. glass (as in glass of water)

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlaːs/

Adjective

glas (feminine singular glas, plural gleision, equative glased, comparative glasach, superlative glasaf)

1. blue
2. inexperienced
   • 2001, Menna Elfyn, "Er cof am Kelly":

     Panig wedi'r poen. / "My God its only a little girl" / Meddai'r glas filwr.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glas	las	nglas	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.