žirklės

See also: žirkles

Lithuanian

Etymology

From phonetic assimilation and degemination of *žirg-kl- (“spread legs”) > *žirk-kl-, and related to žer̃gti (“to spread the legs”), žìrgas (“steed”).[1] Outside of Lithuanian, perhaps related to Latin furca (“fork”), though the mismatch in the vowels between the Lithuanian and Latin forms is hard to explain.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɪrkleːs/

Noun

žìrklės f pl stress pattern 1 [3]

  1. (plural only) scissors
    Siuvėjas žirklėmis kerpa audeklą.[3]
    A tailor cuts cloth with scissors.
  2. (figuratively, plural only) legs

Declension

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    Declension of žìrklės (plural-only)
nominative žìrklės
genitive žìrklių
dative žìrklėms
accusative žìrkles
instrumental žìrklėmis
locative žìrklėse
vocative žìrklės

Synonyms

Hypernyms

References
  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “žìrklės”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 788
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “furca”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 251-2
  3. “žirklės” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

Further reading
  • “žirklės” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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