dėlė

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Lithuanian

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Dėlė

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-, from *dʰeh₁(y)- (to suckle, nurse). Cognate with Latvian dêle (leech), Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, breast, teat), Latin fēllō (to suck), Albanian dele (sheep, ewe).

Noun

dėlė̃ f (plural dė̃lės) stress pattern 4

  1. leech
  2. (dialectal) horse-leech, intestinal roundworm, snail

Declension

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dėlė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 120-121
  • dėlė̃” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 216 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  • dėlė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

  • dėlė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • dėlė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025