glaber

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ɣlaðros, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ- (“smooth, shiny”); however, there are formal difficulties.^[1]^[2] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡɫa.bɛr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlaː.ber]

Adjective

glaber (feminine glabra, neuter glabrum, superlative glaberrimus); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	glaber	glabra	glabrum	glabrī	glabrae	glabra
genitive	glabrī	glabrae	glabrī	glabrōrum	glabrārum	glabrōrum
dative	glabrō	glabrae	glabrō	glabrīs
accusative	glabrum	glabram	glabrum	glabrōs	glabrās	glabra
ablative	glabrō	glabrā	glabrō	glabrīs
vocative	glaber	glabra	glabrum	glabrī	glabrae	glabra

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “hairless”): pūbēscēns

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: glabrous
→ French: glabre
→ Italian: glabro
→ Portuguese: glabro
→ Romanian: glabru
→ Spanish: glabro

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “glaber, -bra, -brum”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “glatt”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN