glas

Old Irish

/ɡlas/

adj
Definitions
  • green, greenish especially of growing things, grass, trees, etc.
  • blue, blue-green-blue, grey-blue
  • the colour of the blue dye extracted from woad
  • metallic in colour
  • the colour of frost or ice
  • shades of grey
  • wan of complexion
  • bluish, livid, discolored
  • faded of clothing

Etymology

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

黄

Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️

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