glisch

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Romansch

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Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) smooth, slippery
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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glisch f

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