deglas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From dègti (“to burn, light”) + -las. Compare Latvian dęgla (“tinder fungus, tinder”).
Noun
dẽglas m (plural deglai̇̃) stress pattern 4
- torch (a stick with a flame on one end)
- wick (a string that holds the flame of a candle)
- Synonyms: dãgtis, knãtas
- burn (an injury or scar caused by fire)
- Synonyms: nudegi̇̀mas, dė̃gis
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dẽglas | deglai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dẽglo | deglų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dẽglui | degláms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dẽglą | deglùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | deglù | deglai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | deglè | degluosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dẽgle | deglai̇̃ |
References
- “deglas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “deglas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119