gla

See also: GLA, glå, and gła

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Scottish Gaelic or Scottish Gaelic Gàidhlig with a and l interchanged.

Symbol

gla

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Scottish Gaelic.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Scottish Gaelic terms

Catalan

Alternative forms

• aglà
• bellota

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan glan~aglan, from Latin glandem. Doublet of the borrowed anatomical term gland.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡla]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -a

Noun

gla f (plural glans)

1. acorn

Derived terms

• glaner
• glanera

References

• “gla”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “gla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “gla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

gla (present tense glar, past tense gladde, supine gladd or gladt, past participle gladd, present participle gladande, imperative gla)

1. (about the sun or the moon) to go down, make the sky red

Alternative forms

• glada (long form with a- or split infinitives)
• glade (long form with e-infinitive)

Related terms

• glad n

Etymology 2

Adjective

gla (indefinite singular gla, definite singular and plural glae, comparative glaare, indefinite superlative glaast, definite superlative glaaste)

1. pronunciation spelling of glad

References

• “gla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• gal, lag