dvielis

Latvian

Dvieļi

Etymology

Borrowed 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^(key): [dvīēɫis]

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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

   garš 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 (2nd declension)

	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