glas

Irish (Donegal)

/ɡlˠasˠ/

adj
Definitions
  • green of grass, trees, etc.
  • grey of sheep, horses, cloth, wool, etc., of eyes
  • (politics) green
  • (literary) blue

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish glas (lock, clasp, green, blue-grey) inherited from Proto-Celtic *glastos (green, blue) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰelh₃-

Gloss

shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

黄

Emoji
🌟 ⭐️ 🌟 🌠 💡 🔦 🕯️

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