Telšiai

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛlˈʃeɪ̯/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Telšiai

1. The capital city of Telšiai County, Lithuania.
   1. A county of Lithuania.

Translations

city in Lithuania

• German: Telsche, Telschen, Telschi
• Latgalian: Teļši
• Latvian: Telši
• Lithuanian: Telšiai (lt)
• Polish: Telsze (pl)
• Russian: Тельшя́й (Telʹšjáj), Тельши (Telʹši)
• Samogitian: Telšē
• Yiddish: טעלז (telz)

Lithuanian

Etymology

A variant of a Lithuanian-language root, -telš- or -tilž-, related to water. Compare with Tilžė (“Sovetsk, a town in Kaliningrad, Russia”) and Talsai (“Talsi, a city in Latvia”). Related to Samogitian telkšoti (“to be flooded with water, to splash”) and Samogitian Telšē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʲɛlʲˈɕɛɪ̯ˑ]

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Proper noun

Telšiai̇̃ m pl (demonym telši̇̀škis or telšiẽtis, female demonym telši̇̀škė or telšiẽtė) stress pattern 3

1. Telšiai (the capital city of Telšiai County, Lithuania)
   1. Telšiai (a county of Lithuania)

      Telšių apskritis

      Telšiai County

   2. Telšiai (a district municipality of Telšiai County, Lithuania)

      Telšių rajono savivaldybė

      Telšiai District Municipality

Declension

Declension of Telšiai̇̃ (plural-only)

nominative	Telšiai̇̃
genitive	Telšių̃
dative	Telšiáms
accusative	Télšius
instrumental	Telšiai̇̃s
locative	Telšiuosè
vocative	Telšiai̇̃

Descendants

• → English: Telšiai
• → Russian: Тельшяй (Telʹšjaj), Тяльшяй (Tjalʹšjaj)

Further reading

• “Telšiai”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “Telšiai” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]