different between gleba vs gleby

English

Etymology

From Latin gleba (“lump, mass”).

Noun

gleba (plural glebae)

1. (mycology) The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, bagel, gabel, gable, galbe

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin glaeba.

Noun

gleba f (plural glebe)

1. a clod of earth

Anagrams

• belga

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??le?.ba/, [????e?bä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??le.ba/, [??l??b?]

Noun

gl?ba f (genitive gl?bae); first declension

1. Alternative form of glaeba

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• gleba in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• gleba in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gleba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• gleba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Polish

Etymology

From Latin gleba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?.ba/

Noun

gleba f

1. soil
2. (colloquial) bail, wipeout; a fall, especially during a sports activity
3. (mycology) gleba

Declension

Derived terms

• glebn??

Further reading

• gleba in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• gleba in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gl?ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?.ba/
• Hyphenation: gle?ba

Noun

gleba f (plural glebas)

1. arable land; soil

   Synonym: torrão

2. (by extension) a part of a territory that still needs to be judicially divided
3. one's own place of origin; motherland

   Synonym: pátria

4. a terrain that has not been urbanized
5. a terrain containing ores
6. (historical) feud

   Synonym: feudo

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gl?ba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??leba/, [??le.??a]

Noun

gleba f (plural glebas)

1. clod (lump of earth)
2. arable land; soil

See also

• agro
• glebe (English cognate)

English

Etymology

glebe +? -y. Compare Latin glaebosus (“cloddy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??li?bi/

Adjective

gleby (comparative more gleby, superlative most gleby)

1. Relating to the glebe; turfy; cloddy; fertile; fruitful.
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World

     Pernicious flattery! thy malignant seeds
     In an ill hour, and by fatal hand
     Sadly diffus'd o'er virtue's gleby land,
     With rising pride amidst the corn appear,
     And choke the hopes and harvest of the year.

Synonyms

• glebous

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?.b?/

Noun

gleby

1. inflection of gleba:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural