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See also: glês
Old Saxon[edit]
Noun[edit]
gles n
- Alternative form of glas
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dialectal glis, ultimately related to glas (“glass”). Originally in the sense "which lets light through".
Adjective[edit]
gles (comparative glesare, superlative glesast)
Declension[edit]
Inflection of gles | |||
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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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References[edit]
- gles in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gles in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gles in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)