peilis
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Germanic.[1] Compare German Feile (“file (tool)”) and English file, as well as Proto-Slavic *pila (“saw”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
peĩlis m (plural peĩliai) stress pattern 2
Declension
Declension of peĩlis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | peĩlis | peĩliai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | peĩlio | peĩlių |
| dative (naudininkas) | peĩliui | peĩliams |
| accusative (galininkas) | peĩlį | peiliùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | peiliù | peĩliais |
| locative (vietininkas) | peĩlyje | peĩliuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | peĩli | peĩliai |
See also
References
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “piła piła”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 414
- ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “peĩlis”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, page 446
- ^ “peilis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN