peilis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲɛɪ̯ˑlʲɪs̪]

Noun

peĩlis m (plural peĩliai) stress pattern 2

  1. knife[2]
    pjauti peiliu – to cut with a knife

Declension
declension of peilis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) peĩlis peĩliai
genitive (kilmininkas) peĩlio peĩlių
dative (naudininkas) peĩliui peĩliams
accusative (galininkas) peĩlį peiliùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) peiliù peĩliais
locative (vietininkas) peĩlyje peĩliuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) peĩli peĩliai

See also
  • durklas

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “piła”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 414
  2. “peilis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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