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glas.

blue

4 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɡlaːs/

  1. blue

  2. green (of plants), verdant, unripe

    archaic

  3. pale blue or green, slate-coloured

    archaic

  4. silver

    archaic

  5. early, dawning, young, raw, immature, green

  6. grey (of a horse)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh and Old Welsh glas, from Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos. Related to glân (“clean”), arsenig (“arsenic”), and clorin (“chlorine”). Cognate with Cornish glas (“blue, green, grey”), Breton glas (“blue”), Irish glas (“green, grey”), Scottish Gaelic glas (“grey, green, unripe”) and Manx glass (“green, grey, pale, raw”).

noun/ɡlaːs/

  1. woad (Isatis tinctoria)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh and Old Welsh glas, from Proto-Brythonic *glas, from Proto-Celtic *glastos. Related to glân (“clean”), arsenig (“arsenic”), and clorin (“chlorine”). Cognate with Cornish glas (“blue, green, grey”), Breton glas (“blue”), Irish glas (“green, grey”), Scottish Gaelic glas (“grey, green, unripe”) and Manx glass (“green, grey, pale, raw”).

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