dalgis

Lithuanian

Dalgis

Alternative forms

• dal̃gė f
• dal̃gis f

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dolgʰ-. Cognate with Latvian dalgs (“scythe”), Old Prussian doalgis (“scythe”) and possibly Proto-Slavic *dolga (“splint”). Further related to Old Norse telgja (“to cut, carve”).

Noun

dal̃gis m (plural dal̃giai) stress pattern 2

1. scythe

Declension

Declension of dal̃gis

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	dal̃gis	dal̃giai
genitive (kilmininkas)	dal̃gio	dal̃gių
dative (naudininkas)	dal̃giui	dal̃giams
accusative (galininkas)	dal̃gį	dalgiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	dalgiù	dal̃giais
locative (vietininkas)	dal̃gyje	dal̃giuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	dal̃gi	dal̃giai

References

• Derksen, Rick (2015) “dalgis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 113