glina

See also: Glina, gliną, and Gliną

Polish

glina

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish glina, from Proto-Slavic *glìna.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡli.na/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɡli.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: gli‧na
• Homophone: Glina

Noun

glina f

2. clay (mineral substance)
4. loam (type of soil)

Declension

Declension of glina

	singular	plural
nominative	glina	gliny
genitive	gliny	glin
dative	glinie	glinom
accusative	glinę	gliny
instrumental	gliną	glinami
locative	glinie	glinach
vocative	glino	gliny

Noun

glina m pers or f

2. (colloquial, law enforcement) cop (police officer)

   Synonym: gliniarz

Declension

Declension of glina

	singular	plural
nominative	glina	gliny
genitive	gliny	glin
dative	glinie	glinom
accusative	glinę	gliny
instrumental	gliną	glinami
locative	glinie	glinach
vocative	glino	gliny

Derived terms

adjectives

• gliniany
• gliniasty
• ulepiony z lepszej gliny
• ulepiony z tej samej gliny

nouns

• gliniak
• glinian
• gliniarz
• gliniec
• glinka

Related terms

adjectives

• gliniankowy
• gliniarski
• glinkowaty
• glinkowy

nouns

• glinianka
• gliniastość
• glinkarz

Further reading

• “glina”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “glina”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “glina”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “GLINA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 5 May 2010
• Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “glina policjant, milicjant”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[3], 4. online edition, Warszawa
• Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “glina”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎^[4], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Romansh

Etymology

From Latin lūna.

Noun

glina f

1. moon

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glina, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gléiˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlǐːna/
• Hyphenation: gli‧na

Noun

glína f (Cyrillic spelling гли́на)

1. clay

Declension

Declension of glina

	singular	plural
nominative	glina	gline
genitive	gline	glina
dative	glini	glinama
accusative	glinu	gline
vocative	glino	gline
locative	glini	glinama
instrumental	glinom	glinama

Further reading

• “glina”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *glina, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gléiˀnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlìːna/

Noun

glína f

1. clay

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	glína
genitive	glíne
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	glína
genitive (rodȋlnik)	glíne
dative (dajȃlnik)	glíni
accusative (tožȋlnik)	glíno
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	glíni
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	glíno

Further reading

• “glina”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “glina”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references