svili

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See also: svilì

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svili, q.v.

Pronunciation

Noun

svili m (genitive singular svila, nominative plural svilar)

  1. the husband of one's spouse's sibling; brother-in-law

Declension

    Declension of svili
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative svili svilinn svilar svilarnir
accusative svila svilann svila svilana
dative svila svilanum svilum svilunum
genitive svila svilans svila svilanna

Old Norse

Etymology

Theoretically from Proto-Germanic *swelijô (sister's husband), from Proto-Indo-European *swél-(i)yo-n- or *swé-l-y, though these reconstructions are uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀέλιοι (aélioi, brothers-in-law) (prefixed with *sm̥-).

Noun

svili

  1. brother-in-law

Declension

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References

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

svili (Cyrillic spelling свили)

  1. dative/locative singular of svila