kelis
Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kel-, *kal-. Cognate to Proto-Slavic *kolěno (“knee”) and Latvian celis (“knee”), as well as dialectal Lithuanian kelė́nas (“knee”); see the Proto-Slavic for more.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]kẽlis m (plural kẽliai) stress pattern 2
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kẽlis | kẽliai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kẽlio | kẽlių |
| dative (naudininkas) | kẽliui | kẽliams |
| accusative (galininkas) | kẽlį | keliùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | keliù | kẽliais |
| locative (vietininkas) | kẽlyje | kẽliuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kẽli | kẽliai |
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “kelis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
Volapük
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]kelis
- accusative plural of kel