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Etymology
[edit]From an earlier *silas, from Proto-Baltic *šil-, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱl̥-, the zero grade of *skel-, *sḱel-, perhaps from *kel-, *ḱel- (“to dry up”) (whence also Latvian kalst “to dry up”) + *s- (an s-mobile), or perhaps by metathesis from *ks-el-, from *ḱes- (< *ḱs-eH-), *ḱsā- (“burned, dried up”) (whence Ancient Greek ξερός (xerós), ξηρός (xērós) “dry” and Sanskrit क्षायति (kṣā́yati) “to burn”). The meaning change was probably “dry, sandy place” > “forest on a dry, sandy place” > “pinewood, pine forest.” Cognates include Lithuanian šìlas, Ancient Greek σκέλλω (skéllō, “to dry up”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sils m (1st declension)
- pine forest, pinewood (forest or grove composed of conifers growing in nutrient-poor sandy soil)
- ķērpju sils ― lichen forest (i.e., where lichen grows)
- piejūras sils ― coastal, seaside pine forest
- paugurains sils ― hilly forest
Declension
[edit]Declension of sils (1st declension)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “sils”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]sils
Volapük
[edit]Noun
[edit]sils
- nominative plural of sil
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- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian first declension nouns
- lv:Forests
- Swedish non-lemma forms
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- Volapük non-lemma forms
- Volapük noun forms