gles

See also: glês

Old Saxon

Noun

gles n

  1. alternative form of glas

Swedish

Etymology

From dialectal glis, ultimately related to glas (“glass”). Originally in the sense "which lets light through".

Adjective

gles (comparative glesare, superlative glesast)

  1. sparse
    Antonym: tät

Declension

Inflection of gles
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular gles glesare glesast
neuter singular glest glesare glesast
plural glesa glesare glesast
masculine plural2 glese glesare glesast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 glese glesare glesaste
all glesa glesare glesaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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