svili

See also: svilì

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svili, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɪːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪːlɪ

Noun

svili m (genitive singular svila, nominative plural svilar)

1. the husband of one's spouse's sibling; brother-in-law

Declension

declension of svili

m-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svili	svilinn	svilar	svilarnir
accusative	svila	svilann	svila	svilana
dative	svila	svilanum	svilum	svilunum
genitive	svila	svilans	svila	svilanna

Related terms

• svilkona

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Old Norse

Etymology

Theoretically from Proto-Germanic *swelijô (“sister's husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *swél-(i)yo-n- or *swé-l-y-ō, though these reconstructions are uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀέλιοι (aélioi, “brothers-in-law”) (prefixed with *sm̥-).

Noun

svili

1. brother-in-law

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*sweljan-(?)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀέλιοι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

svili (Cyrillic spelling свили)

1. dative/locative singular of svila