glass

Manx

adjective
Definitions
  • green of nature, verdant
  • grey of animal, ashen colour
  • soft, pale, pasty
  • raw, unfledged, sappy
  • callow of youth

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish glas (lock, clasp, green, blue-grey) inherited from Proto-Celtic *glastos (green, blue) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰelh₃-

Gloss

shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji
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