glia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλία (glía), γλοία (gloía, “glue”), γλοιός (gloiós, “a glutinous substance, gum”)

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡliːə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡliə/, /ˈɡlaɪə/

Noun

glia pl (plural only)

  1. (anatomy) The network of glial cells that supports nervous system tissue.

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Irish

Noun

glia f (genitive singular glia)

  1. (anatomy) glia

Declension

Declension of glia (fourth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative glia
vocative a ghlia
genitive glia
dative glia
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an ghlia
genitive na glia
dative leis an nglia
don ghlia

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Mutation

Mutated forms of glia
radical lenition eclipsis
glia ghlia nglia

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡli.a/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Hyphenation: glì‧a

Noun

glia f (plural glie)

  1. glia
    Synonym: nevroglia

References

  1. ^ glia in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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