gle
Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of Irish Gaeilge.
Symbol
gle
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Irish terms
Gun
Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognates include Fon glèta, Xwela Gbe glè, Ewe agble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlè/
Noun
glè (plural glè lɛ́ or glè lẹ́)
Derived terms
- glesi (“farmer”)
- glètòhò (“countryside/farming village”)
- glètòxò (“countryside/farming village”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by glede
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde, supine gledd or gledt, past participle gledd, present participle gledande, imperative gle)
- (transitive) to make happy; delight, please
- (reflexive) to be happy
- Antonym: grua
- Han Jørgen gler seg til å bli snart ferdig med drivhusbygginga
- Jørgen looks forward to be done with the building of the greenhouse soon
Derived terms
- gle til
References
- “gle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Shortening of imperative forms of gledati.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡlê/
- Hyphenation: gle
Interjection
glȅ (Cyrillic spelling гле̏)
- (imperative) look, behold
- Gle tamo - medvjed! ― Look over there − a bear!
- lo, behold, lo and behold
- Gle, jagnje Božje koje uzima na se grijehe svijeta (Jovan 1:29) ― Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)
- (informal) get a load of, check this out
- Gle ono čudo! Što li je to uopće? ― Get a load of that thing! What even is it?