[ɡlîːts]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *glitus, *glītus, from Proto-Indo-European *glīt-, the zero grade of *gley- (“to stick; to spread, to smear”) with an extra -t. From a parallel Baltic yo-stem from *glītyas came Latvian dialectal glīšs. The meaning changed from “slippery” to “smooth; tight-fitting” (a meaning still attested in folk songs), to “pleasant, pretty.” Cognates include Lithuanian glitùs, dialectal glytùs (“slimy, sticky; slick, slippery”), Ancient Greek γλοιός (gloiós, “sticky, slippery”), Late Latin glus (“glue”), accusative glutem (whence English glue), from earlier Latin glūten.
- pretty, handsome, neat, good-looking (corresponding to aesthetic ideals; well, skillfully, carefully made)
“glīta meitene, sievete, seja” — pretty girl, woman, face
“glīts dzīvoklis, kostīms” — pretty, neat apartment, costume
“glīta māja” — pretty, neat house
Formasglītais(definite) · glītāks(comparative) · visglītākais(superlative) · glīti(adverb) · glīts(masculine, nominative, singular) · glīti(masculine, nominative, plural) · glīta(feminine, nominative, singular) · glītas(feminine, nominative, plural) · glīta(genitive, masculine, singular) · glītu(genitive, masculine, plural) · glītas(feminine, genitive, singular) · glītu(feminine, genitive, plural) · glītam(dative, masculine, singular) · glītiem(dative, masculine, plural) · glītai(dative, feminine, singular) · glītām(dative, feminine, plural) · glītu(accusative, masculine, singular) · glītus(accusative, masculine, plural) · glītu(accusative, feminine, singular) · glītas(accusative, feminine, plural)
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