dvielis

Latvian

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): [dvīēɫis]
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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 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

Declension of dvielis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative dvielis dvieļi
genitive dvieļa dvieļu
dative dvielim dvieļiem
accusative dvieli dvieļus
instrumental dvieli dvieļiem
locative dvielī dvieļos
vocative dvieli dvieļi

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dvielis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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