glьjь

glej (dial.) `clay, loam' [m jo]

gl'ej (dial.) `clay, resin' [m jo]

Gk. γλοιός `any glutinous substance'

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MLG klei `clay'

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `glutinous substance, gum', also the oil and sweat, scraped off by sporters (Semon.); sec. also adj. (Pap.).

Derivatives: γλοιώδης (Pl.); γλοιάς ἡ κακοήθης ἵππος καὶ πολυδήκτης παρὰ Σοφοκλεῖ H., γλοίης, - ητος m. `slippery, shifty' (Hdn.; s. Chantr. Form. 267). Denom. γλοιόομαι `become sticky' (Dsc.), γλοιάζω `twinkle with the eyes' (Hp.). - Also γλία `glue' (EM) and γλίνη (EM) with γλινώδης (Dsc.), γλίον εὔτονον, ἰσχυρόν (H.), perh. also γλιᾶται παίζει, ἀπατᾳ̃ H., γλιῶσαι τὸ παίζειν EM. - Further γλίττον γλοιόν (H.). - Verb γλίχομαι, only pres. (but ἐγλιξάμην, Pl. Com.) prop. `stick to', i. e. `long for' (Hdt.), γλιχός (H.), γλιχώ (EM). - The development of the meaning is not always clear (s. DELG). - On γλίσχρος s. v.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: If from *γλοιϜός, the word agrees with Russ. dial. glev `slime of fishes' (Slav. *glěvъ \< *gloi-u̯o-s), prob. also in OHG klēo, gen. klēwes `clover' (Pgm. *klaiu̯az; from the sticky juice?). If however = *γλοιι̯ός (with expressive gemination?), the word would correspond to OE clǣg `loam, clay' (PGm. *klaii̯az). - The ν-suffix in γλίνη, also in Russ.CS. glěnъ `slime' (* gloi-no-s) and in Russ. glína `clay, loam' (\< * glei-nā) is explained from a nasal present, OIr. glenim (* gli-nā-mi), OHG klenan `stick, smear'. - The gloss γλίττον (H.) is with Lat. glittus `sticky' explained as expressive gemination of the t-suffix in Lat. glūten n. `glue' (\< * gloi-t-en-?; not old r-n-stem with Benveniste Origines 104) and Lith. glitùs `sticky'. - γλία is compared with Russ. glej `clay, loam' (\< * glьjь). - No cognate for γλίχομαι; χ-present in Schwyzer 702. - See Pok. 362f. Not all comparisons are convincing. Also most words cited are Balto-Slavic or Germanic, which suggests words from a European substratum.

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