glaeba

== Latin == === Alternative forms === glēba === Etymology === Traditionally considered somehow derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gel- (“to form into a ball; ball”) and thereby cognate with globus, glomus, Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), Proto-West Germanic *klott (“clod”) and others, (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) but the precise derivations of this form and its cognates are all uncertain. Alternatively (or additionally) related to Lithuanian glė́bti (“to embrace, clasp”) via an extended root *glebʰ-; however, this etymology only works if glēba is the older form. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɫae̯.ba] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡlɛː.ba] === Noun === glaeba f (genitive glaebae); first declension clod (lump of earth) land, soil lump, mass of stuff ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “glaeba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “glaeba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “glaeba”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “glēba”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 151 Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “glēba”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 282