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Cognate with Latvian dâbuls (clover); further origin outside of Baltic uncertain.[1] The details of the relation to the Baltic word for apple (see Lithuanian obuolỹs, Latvian dâbuôls) remain unclear.[2][3]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈd̪ôːbʲɪɫɐs̪]

Noun edit

dóbilas m (plural dobilaĩ) stress pattern 3a[4]

  1. (botany) (Trifolium) clover

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References edit

  • “dobilas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “dobilaĩ”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 117
  2. ^ dobilas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 340
  4. ^ “dobilas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.