Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately 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
[edit]Noun
[edit]dali̇̀s f (plural dãlys) stress pattern 4
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dali̇̀s | dãlys |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | daliẽs | dalių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dãliai | dali̇̀ms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dãlį | dali̇̀s |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dalimi̇̀ | dalimi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | dalyjè | dalysè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | daliẽ | dãlys |
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “dali̇̀s”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, 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
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