eilė
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Lithuanian
Etymology
A nominal derivative of eĩti (“to go”); for a semantic parallel (albeit from a different Proto-Indo-European root), compare Ancient Greek στοῖχος (stoîkhos, “row, line, turn”), from στείχω (steíkhō, “to walk, march”). Direct cognate with Latvian eila (“row”), iela (“street”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
eilė̃ f (plural eĩlės) stress pattern 4[3]
Declension
Declension of eilė̃
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | eilė̃ | eĩlės |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | eilė̃s | eilių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | eĩlei | eilė́ms |
| accusative (galininkas) | eĩlę | eilès |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | eilè | eilėmìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | eilėjè | eilėsè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | eĩle | eĩlės |
Derived terms
- eilùtė (“dress; mathematical series”)
References
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “eilė̃”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 119
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “eilė̃”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 143-4
- ^ “eilė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024