dailė
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Nominal derivative of dailùs (“refined, elegant”). Cognate with Latvian daile (“beautiful girl; art”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
dailė̃ f (plural daĩlės) stress pattern 4
Declension
Declension of dailė̃
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dailė̃ | daĩlės |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dailė̃s | dailių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | daĩlei | dailė́ms |
| accusative (galininkas) | daĩlę | dailès |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dailè | dailėmìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | dailėjè | dailėsè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | daĩle | daĩlės |
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dailė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111