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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dvīēlis]
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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 dvielisfine linen towel
    garš dvielislong towel
    roku, trauku dvielishand, dish towel
    slaucīt, noslaucīt rokas dvielīto wipe one's hands in the towel
    nosusināt seju ar dvielito dry one's face with a towel

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), dvielis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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