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glus

glus

French

Noun

glus f

  1. plural of glu

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • gluss

Etymology

From earlier doglus, possibly from drocsoillsí, drochsoillsí, from droch (low) + soillse (brightness, light)[1]. Alternatively from Proto-Celtic *glustus, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰlustus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰelh₂- (to shine).[2]

Noun

glus m

  1. light

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

References

  1. glus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag