gle

See also: glé, glè, and glě

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of Irish Gaeilge.

Symbol

gle

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Irish terms

Gun

Alternative forms

• oglè

Etymology

Cognates include Fon glèta, Xwela Gbe glè, Ewe agble.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlè/

Noun

glè (plural glè lɛ́ or glè lẹ́)

1. farm

Derived terms

• glesi (“farmer”)
• glètòhò (“countryside/farming village”)
• glètòxò (“countryside/farming village”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by glede

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gleda, glede (long form)

Etymology

From Old Norse gleðja.

Verb

gle (present tense gler, past tense gledde, supine gledd or gledt, past participle gledd, present participle gledande, imperative gle)

1. (transitive) to make happy; delight, please
2. (reflexive) to be happy

   Antonym: grua

   Han Jørgen gler seg til å bli snart ferdig med drivhusbygginga

   Jørgen looks forward to be done with the building of the greenhouse soon

Derived terms

• gle til

References

• “gle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Shortening of imperative forms of gledati.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlê/
• Hyphenation: gle

Interjection

glȅ (Cyrillic spelling гле̏)

1. (imperative) look, behold

   Gle tamo - medvjed! ― Look over there − a bear!

2. lo, behold, lo and behold

   Gle, jagnje Božje koje uzima na se grijehe svijeta (Jovan 1:29) ― Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

3. (informal) get a load of, check this out

   Gle ono čudo! Što li je to uopće? ― Get a load of that thing! What even is it?

References

• (look): “gle”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• (behold): “gle”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025