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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *gil- (compare Latvian dziļš (“deep”)), of unknown further origin. Various proposed theories, including those relating the word to Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to hurt, stab”) (whence gélti (“to ache, sting, bite”) and Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer, hurt”)), are semantically difficult. Related to gelmė̃ (“deep spot; depth”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gilùs m (feminine gili̇̀, neuter gilù) stress pattern 4
- deep
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gilùs”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 178
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gilus I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 176
- ^ “gilus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012