telts

Danish

Noun

telts

  1. indefinite genitive singular of telt

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German telt (“tent”). Compare German Zelt. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“split, cut”), whence Proto-Germanic *teldą. From the same Proto-Indo-European source Latvian dalīt (“divide”), deldēt (“wear out”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tēlts]

Noun

telts f (6th declension)

  1. tent

Declension

Declension of telts (6th declension)
singular plural
nominative telts teltis
genitive telts telšu
dative teltij teltīm
accusative telti teltis
instrumental telti teltīm
locative teltī teltīs
vocative telts teltis

References

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