šalis

See also: salis, Salis, salís, sālis, and sālīs

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱól-i-s, from *ḱel- (“to incline”). Cognate with Latvian salis, and more distantly, Old English hold (“gracious, loyal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɐˈlʲɪs]

Noun

šalìs f (plural šãlys) stress pattern 4

1. land, region, periphery, province, county or a greater part of a country
2. country; nation (as a sovereign state)
3. (idiomatic) aside

   Padėk į šalį ― Put it aside, please.

Declension

Declension of šalìs

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	šalìs	šãlys
genitive (kilmininkas)	šaliẽs	šalių̃
dative (naudininkas)	šãliai	šalìms
accusative (galininkas)	šãlį	šalìs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	šalimì	šalimìs
locative (vietininkas)	šalyjè	šalysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	šaliẽ	šãlys