didelis
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from dìdis (“big, large”) + -elis,[1] with further etymology of the first component uncertain.[2] Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂-dʰe-, from *deyh₂- (“to shine”), with semantic shift "shining" > "visible" > "large"; in this case, related to Homeric Greek δέατο (déato, “[he/she/it] showed themselves”), δῆλος (dêlos, “visible”), Vedic Sanskrit दीदाय (dīdā́ya, “[he/she/it] shines”), दीप् (dīp, “to blaze, glow”), and see the latter for more.[3]
Windekens tentatively compares it with Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n, “titan”) (possibly of Anatolian origin).
Cognate with Latvian dižs, dideļš.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]dìdelis m (feminine dìdelė, neuter dìdeli) stress pattern 3b[4]
Declension
[edit]declension of didelis
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | dìdelis | didelì | dìdelė | dìdelės | |
| genitive | dìdelio | didelių̃ | didelė̃s | didelių̃ | |
| dative | dideliám | didelíems | dìdelei | didelė́ms | |
| accusative | dìdelį | dìdelius | dìdelę | dìdeles | |
| instrumental | dìdeliu | dideliaĩs | dìdele | didelėmìs | |
| locative | dideliamè | dideliuosè | didelėjè | didelėsè | |
| vocative | dìdelis | didelì | dìdele | dìdelės | |
Antonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dìdelis”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 107
- ^ “didelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dìdis”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 108
- ^ “didelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024