dažai

See also: dāzài

Latvian

Pronoun

dažai

dative singular feminine of dažs

Lithuanian

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *deǵʰ- (“liquid, mixture”) and compared with Old Irish deug (“drink, draught, potion”), Welsh diod (“id”); the zero-grade of this root is perhaps found in žuvìs (“fish”) < *dǵʰ-uH-. This derivation is favored by Kloekhorst, though Smoczynski appears to be implicitly skeptical.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɐˈʐɐɪ/

Noun

dažaĩ m pl stress pattern 4

paint, dye
Daĩlininko pavéikslų tapýba atliẽkama añt dróbės aliẽjiniais dažaĩs. ― This artist's paintings are drawn on canvas with oil paints.

Declension

Declension of dažaĩ (plural-only)

nominative	dažaĩ
genitive	dažų̃
dative	dažáms
accusative	dažùs
instrumental	dažaĩs
locative	dažuosè
vocative	dažaĩ

Derived terms

References

^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “dažaĩ”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 84
^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “deoch”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, pages 129-30
^ Kortlandt, Frederik (2014) “Proto-Indo-European “thorn”-clusters”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎, volume 127, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →JSTOR, page 59:
Already Brandenstein (1936: 29) connected the word for ‘fish’ with a root *deǵʰ-, which he translates as “eintauchen”. However, on the basis of OIr. deug (f.) ‘drink, draught, potion’ and Lith. dažaĩ ‘liquid dye, paint’, dažýti ‘to paint’, the nominal root *deǵʰ- may originally rather have meant ‘liquid’. This would indicate that *dǵʰ-uH- originally meant ‘the one belonging to liquid; fish’.
^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dažyti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 96

[1] Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “dažaĩ”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 84

[2] MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “deoch”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, pages 129-30

[3] Kortlandt, Frederik (2014) “Proto-Indo-European “thorn”-clusters”, in Historische Sprachforschung / Historical Linguistics‎, volume 127, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →JSTOR, page 59:
Already Brandenstein (1936: 29) connected the word for ‘fish’ with a root *deǵʰ-, which he translates as “eintauchen”. However, on the basis of OIr. deug (f.) ‘drink, draught, potion’ and Lith. dažaĩ ‘liquid dye, paint’, dažýti ‘to paint’, the nominal root *deǵʰ- may originally rather have meant ‘liquid’. This would indicate that *dǵʰ-uH- originally meant ‘the one belonging to liquid; fish’.

[4] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dažyti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 96