dilgėlė

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Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg-, *dʰelk- (to stick, prick, stab), see also dilgus (prickly), Latin falx (hook, sickle), Old Irish delg (spine, needle).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dʲɪlʲɡʲeːˈlʲěː]

Noun

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dilgėlė̃ f (plural dìlgėlės) stress pattern 3a [2]

  1. (botany) nettle (plant in the genus Urtica)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “662”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 662
  2. ^ “dilgėlė” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “dilgėlė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN