Adjective: glaber
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | glaber |
| Singular fem. | glabra |
| Singular neut. | glabrum |
| Plural masc. | glabrī |
| Plural fem. | glabrae |
| Plural neut. | glabra |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | glabrī |
| Singular fem. | glabrae |
| Singular neut. | glabrī |
| Plural masc. | glabrōrum |
| Plural fem. | glabrārum |
| Plural neut. | glabrōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | glabrō |
| Singular fem. | glabrae |
| Singular neut. | glabrō |
| Plural masc. | glabrīs |
| Plural fem. | glabrīs |
| Plural neut. | glabrīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | glabrum |
| Singular fem. | glabram |
| Singular neut. | glabrum |
| Plural masc. | glabrōs |
| Plural fem. | glabrās |
| Plural neut. | glabra |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | glabrō |
| Singular fem. | glabrā |
| Singular neut. | glabrō |
| Plural masc. | glabrīs |
| Plural fem. | glabrīs |
| Plural neut. | glabrīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | glaber |
| Singular fem. | glabra |
| Singular neut. | glabrum |
| Plural masc. | glabrī |
| Plural fem. | glabrae |
| Plural neut. | glabra |
Sample Sentences
Etymology
1. Uncertain. Hypothesized to be from Proto-Italic *ɣlaðros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰl̥h₂dʰ-ro- (“smooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ- (“smooth, shiny”), which is reconstructed based on the assumed cognates Proto-Germanic *gladaz (whence German glatt (“smooth”)) and Proto-Balto-Slavic *glā́ˀdus (“smooth”) (whence Lithuanian glodùs (“tool for smoothing”)). These stem from a basic root *gʰleh₂- per Schrijver 1995. However, Kroonen denies this etymology for Proto-Germanic *gladaz, preferring to derive it instead from *glōaną, which Kroonen derives from *gʰleh₁-. See Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁-.
2. *The change of initial *gʰl- to Latin gl- may be regular (despite the contrast with the regular change of word-initial *gʰ before a vowel to Latin h-). Compare medial *-gʰl- becoming *-gl- in trāgula and figulus. (De Vaan 2008 assumes a similar evolution of *gʰr- to *gr-, citing grāmen, whereas Schrijver 1991:311 assumes based on rāvus that word-initial *gʰr- became Latin r-.) Weiss 2018 makes the alternative suggestion that g- in glaber could result from a conditioned dissimilation of roots of the form DʰlVʰD-/DʰrVʰD- to DlVʰD-/DrVʰD-, comparing trahō. In any case, there are no clearly established counterexamples (that is, no solid etymologies showing a change of *gʰl- to Latin l-), although there is a probable case of *gʷʰr- to fr- in frendō.
3. *Schrijver 1991:191 considers it likely that PIE *CRHTC- (*CRH- followed by two consonants, the first a plosive) regularly gives Latin *CRăTC- (compare flagrum, fragrō). To explain this development, De Vaan suggests that the laryngeal may have been lost in this context "before the putative allophonic prop vowel was phonologized." See: German Adjectives '
glatt'.
Verbs referencing "glaber"
English Adjectives
glad, English Adjectives
glabrous, Italian Adjectives
glabro.
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