glad
English
/ɡlæd/
adj
Definitions
- Pleased, happy, gratified.
- (obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English glad derived from Old English glæd (bright, shining, glad, cheerful, clear) derived from Proto-Germanic *gladaz (smooth, flat, glossy, shiny, radiant, gleaming, happy) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-, *gʰel- (shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰel-
Gloss
shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begladden English
- engladden English
- gladden English
- gladdenest English
- gladdeneth English
- gladful English
- gladfully English
- gladfulness English
- gladhand English
- gladhearted English
- gladly English
- gladness English
- gladsome English
- gladsomely English
- gladsomeness English
- hand English
- hearted English
- overglad English
- unglad English
- ungladden English
- ungladness English
- glaber Latin
- glabripennis Latin
- glabro Latin
- Glatteis German
- Glätte German
- glatt German
- glattbügeln German
- glattflächig German
- glattstellen German
- glabro Italian
- aalglad Dutch, Flemish
- glad Dutch, Flemish
- gladheid Dutch, Flemish
- gladneus Dutch, Flemish
- spekglad Dutch, Flemish
- spiegelglad Dutch, Flemish
- glabre French
- glabro Spanish, Castilian
- χελιδών Ancient Greek
- χεῖλος Ancient Greek
- *gʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladh- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- glad Norwegian Bokmål
- glatt Norwegian Bokmål
- golle Norwegian Bokmål
- *galaną Proto-Germanic
- *galdraz Proto-Germanic
- *galdrą Proto-Germanic
- *galpōną Proto-Germanic
- *gellaną Proto-Germanic
- *gelpą Proto-Germanic
- *gladaz Proto-Germanic
- *gladjaną Proto-Germanic
- *glutōną Proto-Germanic
- *gōlijaną Proto-Germanic
- glad Swedish
- pratglad Swedish
- glad Norwegian Nynorsk
- glatt Norwegian Nynorsk
- gealdor Old English
- glæd Old English
- glædlice Old English
- glædmann Old English
- glad Middle English
- gladful Middle English
- gladly Middle English
- gladsom Middle English
- glāde, glade Middle English
- gala Old Norse
- glaðr Old Norse
- gleði Old Norse
- glad Danish
- *žьlvъ Proto-Slavic
- glata Esperanto
- klot Serbo-Croatian
- клот Serbo-Croatian
- glaður Icelandic
- glat Middle Dutch
- glat Old High German
- գեղգեղեմ Old Armenian
- glaður Faroese
- *galan gmw-pro
- *glad Old Dutch
- glad Old Saxon
- glaþer Old Swedish
- *ɣlaðros Proto-Italic
- gled Scots
- *galda Proto-Albanian
- *gėlwɨd Proto-Brythonic
- gled sco-osc