English
wikipedia|dab=clay (disambiguation)|clay

Etymology
OE. clæg|clǣġ, from Germanic *klaij�-, from *kli- �to stick, cleave�, from Indo-European *glei- which means to glue, paste, stick together.<ref>Krueger 1982; Merriam-Webster 1974.</ref> Cognate with Dutch klei, German Klei; compare Ancient Greek polytonic|γλία, Latin glus|glūs �glue�.

Noun
en-noun|-|s

1. A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
2. An earth material with ductile qualities.
3. idiom (Biblical) The material of the human body.

#* 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Job 10:8-9:
#*: Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about...thou hast made me as the clay.
#* 1611. Old Testament, King James Version, Isaiah 64:8:
#*: But now, O Lord, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou art our potter; and we are the work of thy hand.

Derived terms
ball clay
clayey
claymation
fire clay
potter's clay|potter�s clay

Translations
trans-top|mineral substance
Albanian: argjilë, deltinë
Arabic: Arab|ط��|ط��� IPAchar|(�īen) m, Arab|ص�صا�|ص���صا� IPAchar|(�al��l) m
trreq|Armenian
Bulgarian: глина (glina) f
Chinese: �� (niánt�)
Crimean Tatar: balçıq
Czech: jíl m
Danish: ler
Dutch: klei m
trreq|Esperanto
Estonian: savi#Estonian|savi
Ewe: anyi n
Finnish: savi#Finnish|savi
French: argile m
Georgian: ���� (t�ixa)
German: Lehm m, Ton#German|Ton m
Greek: ά�γιλο� m
trreq|Hawaiian
trreq|Hebrew
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Hungarian: agyag
trreq|Icelandic
Italian: argilla f, creta f
Japanese: �� (���, néndo)
Korean: 찰� (chalheuk)
Latin: argilla f
trreq|Latvian
trreq|Lithuanian
trreq|Mongolian
Polish: glina f
Portuguese: argila f
Romanian: argil� f
Russian: глина (glína) f
Slovene: glina f
Spanish: arcilla f
Swedish: lera c
Thai: Thai|�ิ��ห�ียว (din nĭeow), Thai|�ิ��วล (din nuan)
trreq|Turkish
trreq|Vietnamese
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See also
alluvium
kaolin, kaoline
w:Clay|Wikipedia article on clay

References
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Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.¹ (etymology)
R:Webster NCD 1974
Clay, New Webster Dictionary of English Language, 1980 edition.

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