didelis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Derived from dìdis (“big, large”) +‎ -elis, with further etymology of the first component unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂-dʰe-, from *deyh₂- (“to shine”), with semantic shift "shining" > "visible" > "large"; in this case, related to Homeric Greek δέατο (déato, “[he/she/it] showed themselves”), δῆλος (dêlos, “visible”), Vedic Sanskrit दीदाय (dīdā́ya, “[he/she/it] shines”), दीप् (dīp, “to blaze, glow”), and see the latter for more.

Windekens tentatively compares it with Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n, “titan”) (possibly of Anatolian origin).

Cognate with Latvian dižs, dideļš.

Adjective

dìdelis m (feminine dìdelė, neuter dìdeli) stress pattern 3^b

1. big
2. large (of greater size)

Declension

declension of didelis

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	dìdelis	didelì		dìdelė	dìdelės
genitive	dìdelio	didelių̃		didelė̃s	didelių̃
dative	dideliám	didelíems		dìdelei	didelė́ms
accusative	dìdelį	dìdelius		dìdelę	dìdeles
instrumental	dìdeliu	dideliãis		dìdele	didelėmìs
locative	dideliamè	dideliuosè		didelėjè	didelėsè
vocative	dìdelis	didelì		dìdele	dìdelės

Antonyms

• mažas

References

• “didelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “didelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024