gles
See also: glês
Old Saxon
Swedish
Etymology
From dialectal glis, ultimately related to glas (“glass”). Originally in the sense "which lets light through".
Declension
| Inflection of gles | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | gles | glesare | glesast |
| Neuter singular | glest | glesare | glesast |
| Plural | glesa | glesare | glesast |
| Masculine plural3 | glese | glesare | glesast |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | glese | glesare | glesaste |
| All | glesa | glesare | glesaste |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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Related terms
References
- gles in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gles in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gles in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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