dailus

See also: daiļus

Latvian

Adjective

dailus

  1. (dialectal) accusative masculine plural of dails

Lithuanian

Etymology

From a Baltic root dail-, cognate with Latvian daiļš (“refined, beautiful”), with further origin uncertain. Derksen derives it from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂-l-, an extension of *deyh₂- (“to shine”); for this etymology, see di̇̀delis (“big”) for more potential cognates. Alternatively, Derksen notes a potential connection with Proto-Slavic *dě̀lo (“deed, work”); perhaps this was confused with the root mentioned above.[1] Smoczynski's derivation from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to cut, split”),[2] is rejected by Derksen.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dailùs m

  1. refined, elegant, smooth

Declension

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Derived terms

  • dailė̃ (“art”)
  • dáilinti (“to refine, smoothen”)

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dailus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 112
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dáilinti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 90-1
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