dvielis
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
dvielis m (2nd declension)
- 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 edit
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 |
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dvielis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN