glas

See also: Glas, glàs, glás, glas', and glæs

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Afrikaans

Etymology

Inherited from Dutch glas, from Middle Dutch glas, from Old Dutch glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“to shine, shimmer, glow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /χlas/
Audio: (file)

Noun

glas (plural glase, diminutive glasie)

(uncountable) glass (material)
(countable) glass (vessel)

Derived terms

glashuis

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton glas, from Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos. Cognates include Welsh glas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɑːs/
Rhymes: -ɑːs
Hyphenation: glas

Adjective

glas

blue
green (plants and vegetation)
Synonym: gwer

Derived terms

adjectives

glas-mor

Mutation

Mutation of *glas*
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
glas	c'hlas	unchanged	klas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Martial Menard, editor (2016–present), “glas”, in Devri: Le dictionnaire diachronique du breton‎^[1] (in French), Rennes 2 University
Cornillet, Gérard (2017), “glas”, in Geriadur galleg brezhoneg, dictionnaire français breton‎^[2] (in French), page 517

Cimbrian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German glas, from Old High German glas, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, Proto-Germanic *glasą (“glass”). Cognate with German Glas, English glass.

Noun

glas n (plural gléezar, diminutive glèzale) (Luserna, Sette Comuni)

glass (material)
de gléezar 'me béestre ― window panes
glass (drinking vessel)
Synonym: tatza

an glas bàin ― a glass of wine

Derived terms

gléezaran

References

“glas” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
“glas” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Cornish

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Cornish glas, from Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

glas (comparative glassa / moy glas, superlative an glassa)

blue
glas:

Synonym: blou
green (of living things)
glas:
gray / grey
glas:

Synonym: loos

Derived terms

botonyow glas (“sheep's bit scabious”)
Domhwelans Glas, Omhwelans Glas (“Green Revolution”)
elek glas, tubba glas (“sapphirine gurnard, tub gurnard”)
ethbys glas (“green fingers”)
glas an niwl (“love-in-a-mist”)
glasdu (“dark blue, navy”)
glasik (“cornflower”)
glasneth (“vegetation”)
glasprynt (“blueprint”)
glasrudh (“violet, purple”)
glastan Aljeri (“Algerian oak”)
glastan amerikanek (“tan bark oak”)
glastan an arvor (“live oak”)
glastan del kors Eynda (“bamboo-leaved oak”)
glastan kelyn (“holly oak, holm oak”)
glastan kermes (“kermes oak”)
glastan kork (“cork oak”)
glastan melyndhel (“canyon live oak”)
glaswenon, penn glas (“devil's bit scabious”)
glaswyn (“light blue, sky blue”)
glaswyrdh (“turquoise, sea green”)
gora glas bregys (“silage”)
gora glas sygh (“haylage”)
goverles glas (“brooklime speedwell”)
jakaranda glas (“blue jacaranda”)
kanker neyj glas (“velvet swimming crab”)
kraban an ors glas (“green hellebore”)
les-lesa glas (“germander speedwell”)
morgi glas (“blue shark”)
olewbren glas (“phillyrea, green olive tree, mock privet”)
Penn Glas (“'Obby 'Oss”)
penngarn glas (“grey gurnard”)

Mutation

Mutation of *glas*
radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
glas	las	unchanged	klas	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

“glas” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Dalmatian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/-a, from Latin glaciēs.

Noun

glas m

ice
- el glas se scomiença desfúar
  the ice begins to melt

Related terms

glazait

References

Bartoli, Matteo (1906), Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000, page 275

Danish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse glas(keri), itself borrowed from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas.

Noun

glas n (singular definite glasset, plural indefinite glas)

(uncountable) glass (substance)
glass (drinking vessel)
(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
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	glas	glasset	glas	glassene
genitive	glas'	glassets	glas'	glassenes

Derived terms

forstørrelsesglas

Descendants

→ Icelandic: glas

Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch glas, from Old Dutch glas, from Proto-West Germanic *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

IPA^(key): /ɣlɑs/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: glas
Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

glas n (plural glazen, diminutive glaasje n)

(uncountable) glass (material)
Vensters zijn gemaakt van glas. ― Windows are made of glass.
(countable) glass (vessel)
Hyponyms: bierglas, champagneglas, whiskeyglas, wijnglas

Staan er al glazen op tafel? ― Are there glasses on the table yet?
(countable) glass (quantity)
Drink even een glas water. ― Drink a glass of water.

Derived terms

Descendants

Afrikaans: glas
Berbice Creole Dutch: glasi
Negerhollands: glas
→ Caribbean Hindustani: gilás
→ Caribbean Javanese: gelas
→ Indonesian: gelas
→ Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
→ Papiamentu: glas
→ Sranan Tongo: grasi
- → Kari'na: kalasi (or directly)

Anagrams

slag

Faroese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse glas(keri), itself borrowed from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /klɛaːs/

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glas, plural gløs)

glass (material)
glass (beverage container)
glass (quantity)
little bottle

Declension

n12	singular		plural
n12	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	glas	glasið	gløs	gløsini
accusative	glas	glasið	gløs	gløsini
dative	glasi	glasinum	gløsum	gløsunum
genitive	glas	glasins	glasa	glasanna

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *classum, from Latin classicum (“trumpet signal”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡla/ ~ /ɡlɑ/
(France) IPA^(key): /ɡla/ ~ /ɡlɑ/
Audio (Paris): (file)
Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑ

Noun

glas m (invariable)

(funeral) bell
(figuratively) death knell (omen)

Derived terms

sonner le glas

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlas/

Etymology 1

Noun

glas

mirror

Etymology 2

Derived from French glace (“ice”).

Noun

glas

ice

Related terms

glase

References

Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 75

Icelandic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse glas(keri), itself borrowed from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈklaːs]
Rhymes: -aːs

Noun

glas n (genitive singular glass, nominative plural glös)

glass (beverage container)

Declension

Declension of *glas* (neuter)
	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

Irish

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Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡl̪ˠɑsˠ/^[1]
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡlˠɑsˠ/^[2], /ɡlˠasˠ/^[3]

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

green (of grass, trees, etc.; environmentally friendly)
Is glas na cnoic i bhfad uainn (proverb)
Far-off hills are green.
raw, inexperienced
pale, having a sickly color
grey (of animals, etc.)
raw (of weather)

Declension

Declension of *glas*
Positive	singular		plural
Positive	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	glas	ghlas	glasa; ghlasa²
vocative	ghlais	ghlas	glasa
genitive	ghlais	glaise	glasa	glas
dative	glas; ghlas¹	ghlas; ghlais (archaic)	glasa; ghlasa²

Comparative	níos glaise
Superlative	is glaise

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”)
glas- (“green”)
Glasach (“Green”)
glasaigh (“become green”)
glasóg f (“wagtail”)
glasra (“greenery; vegetable”)
rón glas m (“grey seal”)
scothghlas (“greenish”, adjective)

Noun

glas m (genitive singular glais, uncountable)

green (colour)

Declension

Declension of glas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms
	singular
nominative	glas
vocative	a ghlais
genitive	glais
dative	glas

forms with the definite article
	singular
nominative	an glas
genitive	an ghlais
dative	leis an nglas don ghlas

Verb

glas (present analytic glasann, future analytic glasfaidh, verbal noun glasadh, past participle glasta)

(ambitransitive) alternative form of glasaigh (“become green”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *glas* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	glasaim	glasann tú; glasair^†	glasann sé, sí	glasaimid; glasann muid	glasann sibh	glasann siad; glasaid^†	a ghlasann; a ghlasas	glastar
past	ghlas mé; ghlasas	ghlas tú; ghlasais	ghlas sé, sí	ghlasamar; ghlas muid	ghlas sibh; ghlasabhair	ghlas siad; ghlasadar	a ghlas	glasadh
past habitual	ghlasainn / glasainn^‡	ghlastá / glastá^‡	ghlasadh sé, sí / glasadh sé, sí^‡	ghlasaimis; ghlasadh muid / glasaimis^‡; glasadh muid^‡	ghlasadh sibh / glasadh sibh^‡	ghlasaidís; ghlasadh siad / glasaidís^‡; glasadh siad^‡	a ghlasadh	ghlastaí / glastaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	glasfaidh mé; glasfad	glasfaidh tú; glasfair^†	glasfaidh sé, sí	glasfaimid; glasfaidh muid	glasfaidh sibh	glasfaidh siad; glasfaid^†	a ghlasfaidh; a ghlasfas	glasfar
conditional	ghlasfainn / glasfainn^‡	ghlasfá / glasfá^‡	ghlasfadh sé, sí / glasfadh sé, sí^‡	ghlasfaimis; ghlasfadh muid / glasfaimis^‡; glasfadh muid^‡	ghlasfadh sibh / glasfadh sibh^‡	ghlasfaidís; ghlasfadh siad / glasfaidís^‡; glasfadh siad^‡	a ghlasfadh	ghlasfaí / glasfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go nglasa mé; go nglasad^†	go nglasa tú; go nglasair^†	go nglasa sé, sí	go nglasaimid; go nglasa muid	go nglasa sibh	go nglasa siad; go nglasaid^†	—	go nglastar
past	dá nglasainn	dá nglastá	dá nglasadh sé, sí	dá nglasaimis; dá nglasadh muid	dá nglasadh sibh	dá nglasaidís; dá nglasadh siad	—	dá nglastaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	glasaim	glas	glasadh sé, sí	glasaimis	glasaigí; glasaidh^†	glasaidís	—	glastar

past participle	glasta

verbal noun	glasadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Irish glas (“clasp, lock”).

Noun

glas m (genitive singular glais, nominative plural glais)

lock

Declension

Declension of glas (first declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	glas	glais
vocative	a ghlais	a ghlasa
genitive	glais	glas
dative	glas	glais

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an glas	na glais
genitive	an ghlais	na nglas
dative	leis an nglas don ghlas	leis na glais

Derived terms

deasc ghlais (“lock-up desk”)
faoi ghlas (“under lock and key”)
glais lámh (“handcuffs”)
glas ascaille (“arm-lock”)
glas cinn (“head-lock”)
glas cip (“wooden bolt”)
glas coime (“waist-lock”)
glas crochta (“padlock”)
glas dúbailte (“double lock”)
glas fiacla (“lock-jaw”)
glas fraincín (“padlock”)
glas gunna (“gun-lock”)
glas moirtíse (“mortise-lock”)
glas- (“locked, tight, secure”)
glasadóir (“locksmith”)
glasáil (“lock”, transitive verb)
glasaire (“locksmith”)
is fearr glas ná amhras (“ better safe than sorry”, proverb, literally “better a lock than a doubt”)

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old Irish glais, glaise, glas.

Noun

glas f (genitive singular glaise, nominative plural glasa)

rivulet, stream

Declension

Declension of glas (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	glas	glasa
vocative	a ghlas	a ghlasa
genitive	glaise	glas
dative	glas	glasa

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an ghlas	na glasa
genitive	na glaise	na nglas
dative	leis an nglas don ghlas	leis na glasa

Mutation

Mutated forms of *glas*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
glas	ghlas	nglas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 38, page 21
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 125
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 98, page 39

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɣlas/

Noun

glas n

glass (substance)

Inflection

Strong neuter noun
	singular	plural
nominative	glas	glāse
accusative	glas	glāse
genitive	glas, glāes, glāses	glāse
dative	glāse	glāsen

Descendants

Dutch: glas
- Afrikaans: glas
- Berbice Creole Dutch: glasi
- Negerhollands: glas
- → Caribbean Hindustani: gilás
- → Caribbean Javanese: gelas
- → Indonesian: gelas
- → Japanese: ガラス (garasu)
- → Papiamentu: glas
- → Sranan Tongo: grasi
  - → Kari'na: kalasi (or directly)
Limburgish: glaas

Middle English

Alternative forms

glace, glasce, glass, glasse

Etymology

Inherited from Old English glæs, from Proto-West Germanic *glas, from Proto-Germanic *glasą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlas/, /ˈɡlaːs/, /ˈɡlɛs/

Noun

glas (plural glasses)

Glass (substance made from melted sand):
- a. 1394, Geoffrey Chaucer, “General Prologue”, in The Canterbury Tales‎^[4], lines 151–152:
  Ful semyly hir wympul pynched was /Hir nose tretys, hir eyen greye as glas […]
  Her wimple was folded in quite a seemly way / Her nose [was] slender; her eyes [were] grey like glass […]
An glass object; something made with glass:
1. A glass; a glass cup or vessel.
2. A glass container or receptacle.
3. A glass mirror; a looking-glass.
4. (rare) A sandglass; a sand timer.
Ground glass as used in alchemy and pharmaceuticals.
A kind of crystal resembling glass.
(rare) A shard or fragment of glass.

Related terms

Descendants

English: glass (see there for further descendants)
Scots: gless, glass

References

“glas, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 February 2019.

Northern Kurdish

Noun

glas f

glass (substance)

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

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

form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by glass

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

glas

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

Derived from Middle Low German glas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːs/

Noun

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

glass (hard and transparent material)
glass (drink container made of glass)
window

References

“glas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlas/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *glastos.

Adjective

glas

green, greenish (especially of growing things, grass, trees, etc.)
blue, green-blue, grey-blue
the colour of the blue dye extracted from woad
metallic in colour
the colour of frost or ice
shades of grey
wan (of complexion)
bluish, livid, discolored
faded (of clothing)

Inflection

o/ā-stem
singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	glas	glas	glas
vocative	glais* glas**	glas
accusative	glas	glais
genitive	glais	glaise	glais
dative	glas	glais	glas
plural	masculine	feminine/neuter
nominative	glais	glasa
vocative	glasu glasa†
accusative	glasu glasa†
genitive	glas
dative	glasaib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

Irish: glas
Manx: glass
Scottish Gaelic: glas

Etymology 2

From earlier *glaxsā, which could be related to Old English clyppan (“to clasp, embrace, hold onto”).

Noun

glas m or f

lock, fetter, clasp, bolt
winding up, conclusion

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	glas	glas^L	glais^L
vocative	glais	glas^L	glasu^H
accusative	glas^N	glas^L	glasu^H
genitive	glais^L	glas	glas^N
dative	glas^L	glasaib	glasaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: glas
Manx: glass
Scottish Gaelic: glas

Mutation

Mutation of *glas*
radical	lenition	nasalization
glas	glas pronounced with /ɣ-/	nglas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old Saxon

Etymology

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

Noun

glas n

glass

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

glēr

Descendants

Middle Low German: glas
- German Low German: Glas
- Plautdietsch: Glauss
- → Old Norse: *glas
  - Faroese: glas
  - Norwegian Bokmål: glass
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: glas
  - Old Swedish: glas
    - Swedish: glas
  - Old Danish: glas
    - Danish: glas
      - → Icelandic: glas
  - → Finnish: lasi (see there for further descendants)
  - ⇒ Old Norse: glaskeri

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French glace.

Noun

glas

References

Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 122

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *golH-s-o-s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *galsás

Proto-Slavic *golsъ

Old Church Slavonic гласъ (glasŭ)bor.

Romanian glas

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic гласъ (glasŭ, “voice”), from Proto-Slavic *golsъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlas/
Rhymes: -as

Noun

glas n (plural glasuri)

(now relatively literary) voice
(music) mode of Orthodox chant, of which there are eight
(obsolete) words, speech
(obsolete) news

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	glas	glasul	glasuri	glasurile
genitive-dative	glas	glasului	glasuri	glasurilor
vocative	glasule		glasurilor

Derived terms

References

“glas”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish glas (descriptive of various shades of light green and blue, passing from grass-green to grey). Cognates include Irish glas and Manx glass.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠas̪/
Hyphenation: glas

Adjective

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

green (natural; of grass, trees, etc.)
Synonym: gorm
green (unripe)
(figurative) green (inexperienced)
grey (of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc.; also of eyes)
pale, wan, sallow

Declension

Declension of *glas* (type I adjective)
	masculine	feminine	plural
nominative	glas	ghlas	glasa
genitive	ghlais	glaise	glasa
dative	glas	ghlais	glasa
vocative	ghlais	ghlas	glasa

Derived terms

smeòrach-ghlas

Verb

glas

(intransitive) to pale; to turn grey

Conjugation

Conjugation of *glas* (regular)
indicative	independent		dependent
indicative	personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
past	ghlas	ghlasadh	ghlas	ghlasadh
future	glasaidh	glasar glastar	glas	glasar glastar
relative future	ghlasas	ghlasar	—	—

conditional	independent		dependent
conditional	personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
first person singular	ghlasainn	ghlastadh ghlasaist¹ ghlasaiste¹	glasainn	glastadh glasaist¹ glasaiste¹
first person plural	ghlasamaid ghlasadh sinn		glasamaid glasadh sinn
second/third person	ghlasadh		glasadh

imperative	independent
imperative	singular	plural	impersonal
first person	glasam	glasamaid	glasar glastar
second person	glas	glasaibh
third person	glasadh

past participle	glasta

verbal noun	glasadh

1. Lewis dialect form

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish [Term?], from Old Irish glas (“clasp; lock”). Cognates include Irish glas and Manx glass.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠas̪/
Hyphenation: glas

Noun

glas f

lock

Declension

Declension of *glas* (class IIa feminine noun)
indefinite
	singular	plural
nominative	glas	glasan
genitive	glaise	ghlas
dative	glais	glasan; glasaibh¹

definite
	singular	plural
nominative	(a') ghlas	(na) glasan
genitive	(na) glaise	(nan) glas
dative	(a') ghlais	(na) glasan; glasaibh¹
vocative	ghlas	ghlasa

¹ archaic or poetic form

Derived terms

glas-ghuib

Verb

glas

(transitive) to lock

Conjugation

Conjugation of *glas* (regular)
indicative	independent		dependent
indicative	personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
past	ghlas	ghlasadh	ghlas	ghlasadh
future	glasaidh	glasar glastar	glas	glasar glastar
relative future	ghlasas	ghlasar	—	—

conditional	independent		dependent
conditional	personal	impersonal	personal	impersonal
first person singular	ghlasainn	ghlastadh ghlasaist¹ ghlasaiste¹	glasainn	glastadh glasaist¹ glasaiste¹
first person plural	ghlasamaid ghlasadh sinn		glasamaid glasadh sinn
second/third person	ghlasadh		glasadh

imperative	independent
imperative	singular	plural	impersonal
first person	glasam	glasamaid	glasar glastar
second person	glas	glasaibh
third person	glasadh

past participle	glasta

verbal noun	glasadh

1. Lewis dialect form

Alternative forms

glais

Mutation

Mutation of *glas*
radical	lenition
glas	ghlas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “glas”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Mark, Colin (2003), The Gaelic–English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 334
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 glas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 glas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian Wikipedia has an article on:

glas

Wikipedia ^sh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galsás.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlâːs/

Noun

glȃs m inan (Cyrillic spelling гла̑с)

Declension

Declension of *glas*
	singular	plural
nominative	glȃs	glȃsi / glȁsovi
genitive	glȃsa	glásā / glasóvā
dative	glȃsu	glásima / glasòvima
accusative	glȃs	glȃse / glȁsove
vocative	glȃse	glȃsi / glȁsovi
locative	glásu	glásima / glasòvima
instrumental	glȃsom	glásima / glasòvima

Derived terms

glȁsan

References

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

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

glas

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *golsъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galsás. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡláːs/
Hyphenation: glas

Noun

glȃs m inan

voice
Synonyms: glasek, štima, vokal
vote
Synonyms: votum, volilni glas
(linguistics) phone
sound
Synonym: zvok
rumour, repute
Synonym: govorica
(obsolete) message^[→SP]
Synonyms: sporočilo, obvestilo

Declension

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate, -ov- infix) , long mixed accent, ending -u in genitive singular
nom. sing.	glȃs
gen. sing.	glasȗ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	glȃs	glasȏva	glasȏvi
genitive rodȋlnik	glasȗ	glasóv	glasóv
dative dajȃlnik	glȃsu, glȃsi	glasȏvoma, glasȏvama	glasȏvom, glȃsȏvam
accusative tožȋlnik	glȃs	glasȏva	glasȏve
locative mẹ̑stnik	glȃsu, glȃsi	glasȏvih	glasȏvih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	glȃsom	glasȏvoma, glasȏvama	glasȏvi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	glȃs	glasȏva	glasȏvi

less common, stylistically marked in dual and plural

First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) , fixed accent
nom. sing.	glȃs
gen. sing.	glȃsa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative imenovȃlnik	glȃs	glȃsa	glȃsi
genitive rodȋlnik	glȃsa	glȃsov	glȃsov
dative dajȃlnik	glȃsu, glȃsi	glȃsoma, glȃsama	glȃsom, glȃsam
accusative tožȋlnik	glȃs	glȃsa	glȃse
locative mẹ̑stnik	glȃsu, glȃsi	glȃsih, glȃsah	glȃsih, glȃsah
instrumental orọ̑dnik	glȃsom	glȃsoma, glȃsama	glȃsi
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	glȃs	glȃsa	glȃsi

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡlas/ [ˈɡlas]
Rhymes: -as
Syllabification: glas

Adjective

glas (invariable)

only used in azúcar glas

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

glas

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlɑːs/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːs

Noun

glas n

glass (material)
en glasmugg
a glass mug

en mugg av glas
a mug made of glass

glasblåsare
glassblower
glass (vessel)
ett glas mjölk
a glass of milk

ett glas saft
a glass of cordial / squash

ett vinglas
a wine glass

Glaset föll i golvet och gick i kras
The glass fell to the floor and shattered [I (“in”) as opposed to till (“to”) puts more focus on the impact and often implies an accidental fall, though this is a fairly native-level distinction – can be thought of as a generalization of "fall in the water" and the like. "Falla till golvet" – like in English – isn't wrong either.]

Usage notes

"A glass of X" is "ett glas X" or – less commonly – "ett glas med X" (a glass with X). "Ett glas av mjölk" means "a glass made of milk" (English of in that sense).
Other containers work the same way, for example "två flaskor vin" (two bottles of wine), "en dunk bensin" (a jerry can of gas), and "en tunna potatis" (a barrel of potatoes), as well as some other means of packaging something, like "ett sexpack öl" (a six-pack of beer), "en rulle hushållspapper" (a roll of kitchen paper), and "en karta tabletter" (a strip of tablets). See also the usage examples for hink (“bucket”).

Declension

Declension of **glas**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	glas	glas
singular	definite	glaset	glasets
plural	indefinite	glas	glas
plural	definite	glasen	glasens

Derived terms

dricksglas (“drinking glass”)
glasbruk
glashytta
glasögon
inte spotta i glaset (“to like a drink”)

References

“glas”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“glas”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“glas”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

algs, lags, slag

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Inherited from English glass.

Noun

glas

glass (as in a glass of water)

References

Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 20

Welsh

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡlaːs/
Rhymes: -aːs

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Welsh and Old Welsh glas, from Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos. Related to glân (“clean”), arsenig (“arsenic”), and clorin (“chlorine”).

Cognate with Cornish glas (“blue, green, grey”), Breton glas (“blue”), Irish glas (“green, grey”), Scottish Gaelic glas (“grey, green, unripe”) and Manx glass (“green, grey, pale, raw”).

Adjective

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

blue
(archaic) green (of plants), verdant, unripe
Synonym: gwyrdd
(archaic) pale blue or green, slate-coloured
(archaic) silver
Synonym: arian
early, dawning, young, raw, immature, green
- 2001, Menna Elfyn, Er cof am Kelly:
  Panig wedi'r poen. / “My God it's only a little girl” / Meddai'r glas filwr.
  Panic after the pain. / “My God it's only a little girl” / Said the young soldier.
grey (of a horse)

Usage notes

The word glas can be used to cover a much wider range of colours than in English, from green (especially of nature) through blue to slaty grey and silver. In the present day it usually corresponds more closely to English "blue", but is often found in phrases and compound words to convey other colours.

Derived terms

blew glas (“blades of grass”)
brithlas, brychlas (“dapple grey”)
cragen las, crogen las (“mussel”)
glas ceiniogog (“dapple grey”)
glas coronog (“dapple grey”)
glas gloyw (“steel grey”)
glas haearn (“iron grey”)
glas y dorlan (“kingfisher”)
glas y niwl (“love-in-a-mist”)
glasddu, glaslys (“woad”)
glasfyfyriwr (“freshman, fresher, first-year student”)
glaslanc (“youngster”)
glasog, afu glas (“gizzard”)
glasu (“to turn pale, grey or blue; to become green or verdant”)
glaswelw (“light grey”)
glaswelw brych las (“grey fleabitten grey, grey speckled grey”)
glaswellt (“grass”)
glaswyrdd, gwyrddlas (“bluish green”)
goleulas, gwynlas, glaswyn, gwelwlas (“light blue”)
gorau glas (“[one's] very best”)
gwarlas (“blue-naped”)
gyddflas (“blue-throated”)
llain las (“green belt”)
morlas (“sea-green, sea-blue”)

Noun

glas m

woad (Isatis tinctoria)
Synonym: llysiau lliw

Mutation

Mutated forms of *glas*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glas	las	nglas	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

glas

soft mutation of clas (“cloister”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *clas*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clas	glas	nghlas	chlas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

gwenn	louet	du
ruz	orañjez, melen-ruz; gell	melen
livn	gwer, glas	bent
cyan, turkvaen	glas-mor	glas
glas-ruz	magenta; limestra	roz

gwynn	loos, glas	du
rudh; kogh	rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm	melyn; losvelyn
	gwyrdh, gwer, glas
glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas	glaswyn, blou	glas
glasrudh, purpur; indigo	majenta; purpur, glasrudh	gwynnrudh, kigliw

bán	liath	dubh
dearg; corcairdhearg	oráiste, flannbhuí; donn	buí; bánbhuí
líoma-ghlas, glas líoma	glas, uaine	dath an mhiontais
cian	gormghlas, spéirghorm	gorm
corcairghorm; indeagó	maigeanta; corcra	bándearg

bàn, geal	glas	dubh
dearg; ruadh	orains; donn	buidhe; donn
uaine	uaine	gorm
liath; glas	liath	gorm
purpaidh; guirmean	pinc; purpaidh	pinc

gwyn	llwyd	du
coch; rhudd	oren, melyngoch; brown	melyn; melynwyn
melynwyrdd	gwyrdd
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd	asur, gwynlas	glas
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo	majenta; porffor	pinc, rhuddwyn

Afrikaans

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References

Cimbrian

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Cornish

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Adjective

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Mutation

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Dalmatian

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Noun

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Danish

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

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Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

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Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Faroese

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Noun

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French

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Noun

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Further reading

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

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References

Icelandic

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

Declension

Verb