гласный

Russian

Etymology

From глас (glas, voice) + -ный (-nyj). The phonetic sense is a semantic loan from Latin vōcālis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡlasnɨj]

Adjective

гла́сный (glásnyj)

  1. (phonetics) vowel
  2. public, open

Declension

Noun

гла́сный (glásnyj) m anim, m inan (genitive гла́сного, nominative plural гла́сные, genitive plural гла́сных)

  1. (phonetics) vowel
  2. (historical) town councillor (member of the city duma)
    • 1863, Михаил Никифорович Катков, О самодержавии и конституции, 7
      Ничего искуственнаго не было въ этомъ порывѣ, побудившемъ гласныхъ новой думы выразить передъ престоломъ чувства одушевляющія всѣхъ и каждаго.
      There was nothing artificial in this impulse that prompted the councillors of the new town council to express the feelings animating one and all before the throne.

Declension

Derived terms

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