dvielis

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Dvieļi

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle High German dwele (< Proto-Germanic *þwahljōn < Proto-Indo-European *twak- (“to wash”), from which English towel), first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [dvīēlis]

Noun

dvielis m, 2nd declension

1. towel (small piece of cloth used for drying one's body, body parts, also dishes)

   smalks linu dvielis — fine linen towel

   garŝ dvielis — long towel

   roku, trauku dvielis — hand, dish towel

   slaucīt, noslaucīt rokas dvielī — to wipe one's hands in the towel

   nosusināt seju ar dvieli — to dry one's face with a towel

Declension

declension of dvielis

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	dvielis	dvieļi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	dvieli	dvieļus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	dvieļa	dvieļu
dative (datīvs)	dvielim	dvieļiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	dvieli	dvieļiem
locative (lokatīvs)	dvielī	dvieļos
vocative (vokatīvs)	dvieli	dvieļi

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