dalgis

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Lithuanian

Dalgis

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰ-. Cognate with Latvian dalgs (“scythe”), Old Prussian doalgis (“scythe”) and possibly Proto-Slavic *dolga (“splint”). Further related to Old Norse telgja (“to cut, carve”) and Catalan dalla (“scythe”).

Noun

dal̃gis m (plural dal̃giai) stress pattern 2

  1. scythe

Declension

Declension of dal̃gis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) dal̃gis dal̃giai
genitive (kilmininkas) dal̃gio dal̃gių
dative (naudininkas) dal̃giui dal̃giams
accusative (galininkas) dal̃gį dalgiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) dalgiù dal̃giais
locative (vietininkas) dal̃gyje dal̃giuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) dal̃gi dal̃giai

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dalgis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113
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