dalis
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editUltimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split, divide”).[1] Cognate with Latvian dalis (“part, share”), as well as dalià (“fate”) and dalỹkas (“thing, matter”).[2] Possibly related to dailyti (“to divide”) and thence to Proto-Slavic *dělъ (“part”) (from *děliti (“to divide”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
editdalìs f (plural dãlys) stress pattern 4
Declension
editDeclension of dalìs
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dalìs | dãlys |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | daliẽs | dalių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dãliai | dalìms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dãlį | dalìs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dalimì | dalimìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | dalyjè | dalysè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | daliẽ | dãlys |
References
edit- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dalìs”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 91-2
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dalis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114