deglas

Lithuanian

Deglas

Etymology

From dègti (“to burn, light”) +‎ -las. Compare Latvian dęgla (“tinder fungus, tinder”).

Noun

dẽglas m (plural deglaĩ) stress pattern 4

1. torch (a stick with a flame on one end)

   Synonym: fãkelas

   Hypernyms: lémpa (“lighting fixture”), žibiñtas (“lantern”)

   dẽglo nešė́jas ― torchbearer

   olìmpinio dẽglo estafètė ― Olympic torch relay

2. wick (a string that holds the flame of a candle)

   Synonyms: dãgtis, knãtas

3. burn (an injury or scar caused by fire)

   Synonyms: nudegìmas, dė̃gis

Declension

Declension of dẽglas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	dẽglas	deglaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	dẽglo	deglų̃
dative (naudininkas)	dẽglui	degláms
accusative (galininkas)	dẽglą	deglùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	deglù	deglaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	deglè	degluosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	dẽgle	deglaĩ

References

• “deglas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “deglas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119