gysla
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gī́ˀšlāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰíH(s)leh₂-. Cognate with the second part of Old Prussian pette-gislo (“back vein”), Latvian dzīsla (“vein”), Proto-Slavic *žila (“vein, tendon”). Doublet of failas.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡʲîːslɐ]
Noun
gýsla f (plural gýslos) stress pattern 1
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | gýsla | gýslos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | gýslos | gýslų |
| dative (naudininkas) | gýslai | gýsloms |
| accusative (galininkas) | gýslą | gýslas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | gýsla | gýslomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | gýsloje | gýslose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | gýsla | gýslos |
Derived terms
- (noun) kraujagyslė f
See also
- vena f
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gysla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 179
- ^ “gysla”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012