glisch

Romansh

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French glisser (“to slide, slip”), itself of Germanic origin.

Adjective

glisch m (feminine singular glischa, masculine plural glischs, feminine plural glischas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) smooth, slippery

Alternative forms

• gliesch (Sutsilvan)

Etymology 2

From Latin lūcem, accusative of lūx, from Proto-Italic *louks, from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewk- (“white; light; bright”).

Noun

glisch f

1. (physics, optics, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) light

Alternative forms

• gleisch (Surmiran)
• glüsch (Puter)
• glüm (Vallader)