glei

English

Noun

glei (plural gleis)

1. Alternative form of gley.

Verb

glei (third-person singular simple present gleis, present participle gleiing, simple past and past participle gleied)

1. Alternative form of gley.
   • 1949, Jacob Samuel Joffe, Pedology, page 426:

     These depend in a large measure on the movement of the moisture which brings about the gleiing effects, i.e., the rapidity with which the solution introduces changes in the soil.

Anagrams

• Egli, Geil, Gile, Lieg, lige

Bavarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Germanic *ga-

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *galīkaz

Proto-West Germanic *galīk

Old High German gilīh

Middle High German gelīch

Bavarian glei

Inherited from Middle High German gelīch, from Old High German gilīh, from Proto-West Germanic *galīk, from Proto-Germanic *galīkaz, from *ga- + *-līkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡ̥lɑɛ̯/
• IPA^(key): /ɡ̥læː/ (East Central, Vienna)

Adverb

glei

1. alike

   Dem seine Buidln schaugn ålle glei aus. ― His pictures all look alike.

2. in a moment

   Woat, i kumm glei umme. ― Hold on, I'll come over in a moment.

   Glei is fertig. ― It'll be finished in a moment.

3. at once, at a time, simultaneously

   De Schraufn woarn so günstig, håb i ma glei zwoa Packln kaft. ― The screws were so cheap I bough two packets at once.

4. right; just; directly

   Mei Auto steht glei um d'Eckn. ― My car is just around the corner.

   Der Christkindlmårkt is glei vuam Råthaus. ― The Christkindl market is right in front of the city hall.

5. now; immediately; right away; straight away

   I wui's glei håbn! ― I want it now!

   Se is hoamkemma und håd se glei niederglegt. ― She came home and immediately went to bed.

   Des kånnst glei vergessn. ― You can forget about that straight away.

   I håb's jå glei gsågt. ― I told you right away.

6. as well (with kenna; often with jå)

   De Schraufn san so günstig, då kå i ma glei zwoa Packln kafa. ― The screws are so cheap I might as well buy two packets.

   Då kå ma is Heisl jå glei åreißn. ― You might as well tear the house down.

Related terms

• gleich

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German gleich.

Adjective

glei

1. (Erzgebirgisch) equal
2. (Erzgebirgisch) same; very similar

Adverb

glei

1. (Erzgebirgisch) alike
2. (Erzgebirgisch) in a moment
3. (Erzgebirgisch) at once, at a time, simultaneously
4. (Erzgebirgisch) right; just; directly
5. (Erzgebirgisch) now; immediately; straight away

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

glei

1. simple past of gli
2. simple past of glide

Alternative forms

• gled