*gladaz

Runic: ᚷᛚᚨᛞᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣlɑ.ðɑz/

adjective · a-stem

Meanings

  1. shining, shiny, radiant
  2. bright, cheery, cheerful
  3. glossy, sleek, smooth

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, from *gʰleh₂dʰ- (‘to shine’).

Cognate to Lithuanian žlėjà (‘dusk’), Latin glaber (‘smooth, hairless’), and Old Church Slavonic гладъкъ (gladŭkŭ) (gladŭkŭ, ‘smooth, even, sweet’).

Declension

Strong declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.gladazgladōgladą, -atōgladaigladôzgladō
Acc.gladanǭgladǭgladą, -atōgladanzgladōzgladō
Gen.gladas, -isgladaizōzgladas, -isgladaizǫ̂gladaizǫ̂gladaizǫ̂
Dat.gladammaigladaizōigladammaigladaimazgladaimazgladaimaz
Inst.gladanōgladaizōgladanōgladaimizgladaimizgladaimiz

Weak declension

CaseSg. Masc.Sg. Fem.Sg. Neut.Pl. Masc.Pl. Fem.Pl. Neut.
Nom.gladôgladǭgladôgladanizgladōnizgladōnō
Acc.gladanųgladōnųgladôgladanunzgladōnunzgladōnō
Gen.gladinizgladōnizgladinizgladanǫ̂gladōnǫ̂gladanǫ̂
Dat.gladinigladōnigladinigladammazgladōmazgladammaz
Inst.gladinēgladōnēgladinēgladammizgladōmizgladammiz

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Descendants

  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *glad, *glat (Old Dutch)
      • glat (Middle Dutch)
        • glad (Dutch)
          • glad (Afrikaans)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • glæd (Old English)
      • glad, glade, gladde, glaid, gled (Middle English)
        • glad (English)
        • gled, glaid (Scots)
        • glaude (Yola)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • glæd (Old English)
      • glade, glode, glede (Middle English)
        • glade (English)
        • gladès (Yola)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • gled (Old Frisian)
      • glääd (Saterland Frisian)
      • glêd (West Frisian)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • glat (Old High German)
      • glat (Middle High German)
        • glat (Luxembourgish)
        • głōt (Vilamovian)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • glat (Old High German)
      • glat (Middle High German)
        • glatt (German)
          • glat (Danish)
          • glatt (Norwegian)
          • glatt (Swedish)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • glat (Old High German)
      • glat (Middle High German)
        • glatt (German)
          • glata (Esperanto)
            • glata (Ido)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • glat (Old High German)
      • glat (Middle High German)
        • גלאַט (glat) (Yiddish)
          • glatt (English)
  • *glad (Proto-West Germanic)
    • glad (Old Saxon)
      • glad, glat (Middle Low German)
        • glad, glatt (Low German)
        • glaut (Plautdietsch)
  • glaðr (Old Norse)
    • glad (Danish)
    • glaður (Faroese)
    • glaður (Icelandic)
    • glad (Norwegian)
  • glaðr (Old Norse)
    • glaþer (Old Swedish)
      • glad (Swedish)
  • *lāδēs (Proto-Samic)

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