daile

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See also: dailē

Gothic

Romanization

dailē

  1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined from daiļš (beautiful) +‎ -e by Atis Kronvalds in 1868, following the model of Lithuanian dailė (art). Kronvalds proposed a number of other derivations from daiļš, of which only daile was retained in the (poetic) literary language, not with his intended basic meaning, “art” (which is usually māksla), but rather “beauty.”[1]

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Noun

daile f (5th declension)

  1. (poetic) beauty
    dabas dailebeauty of nature, natural beauty
    spēks un dailestrength and beauty
    mūzikas dailethe beauty of music, musical beauty
    tikai pēc laiciņa viņš atklāja šo meitenes acu brīnumaino dailionly after a little while he discovered the wondrous beauty of that girl's eyes
  2. (poetic) (fine) art, artistic work
    dailes teātrisartistic theater
    ir krievu valodā un dailē gars, tur spēks un smalkums, plašums, kaislas liesmasin the Russian language and art there is a spirit, there is strength and finesse, breadth, passion flames

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “daiļš”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN