spalis

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Friulian

Noun

spalis

  1. plural of spale

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian spaļi (waste of flax or hemp), Old Prussian spelanxtis (splinter); outside of Baltic, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelH- (to split, tear off). If so, then compare Ancient Greek σπολᾰ́ς (spolás, leather garment), Latin spolium (skin, hide; spoils), Old Church Slavonic поль (polĭ, sex; half),[1] Proto-Germanic *spelþą (destruction, ruin), Sanskrit फल् (phal, to burst; to bear fruit).

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Noun

spãlis m (plural spãliai) stress pattern 2

  1. October (tenth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  2. boon (of flax or hemp)
  3. (plural only) waste of flax or hemp

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “spalis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 418