гласный

Russian

FWOTD – 22 September 2021

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic гласьнъ (glasĭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *golsьnъ. By surface analysis, глас (glas, voice) +‎ -ный (-nyj). The phonetic sense is a semantic loan from Latin vōcālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɫasnɨj]
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Adjective

гла́сный • (glásnyj)

  1. (relational, phonetics) vowel
  2. public, open

Declension

Noun

гла́сный • (glásnyjm inan or m anim (genitive гла́сного, nominative plural гла́сные, genitive plural гла́сных)

  1. (phonetics) vowel
  2. (historical) town councillor (member of the city duma)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Ingrian: glasnoi