daile
See also: dailē
Gothic
Latvian
Etymology
A word coined from daiļš (“beautiful”) + -e by Atis Kronvalds in 1868, following the model of Lithuanian dailė (“art”). Kronvalds proposed a number of other derivations from daiļš, of which only daile was retained in the (poetic) literary language, not with his intended basic meaning, “art” (which is usually māksla), but rather “beauty.”[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dāīlɛ]
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Noun
daile f (5th declension)
- (poetic) beauty
- dabas daile ― beauty of nature, natural beauty
- spēks un daile ― strength and beauty
- mūzikas daile ― the beauty of music, musical beauty
- tikai pēc laiciņa viņš atklāja šo meitenes acu brīnumaino daili ― only after a little while he discovered the wondrous beauty of that girl's eyes
- (poetic) (fine) art, artistic work
- dailes teātris ― artistic theater
- ir krievu valodā un dailē gars, tur spēks un smalkums, plašums, kaislas liesmas ― in the Russian language and art there is a spirit, there is strength and finesse, breadth, passion flames
Declension
Declension of daile (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | daile | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | daili | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | dailes | — |
| dative (datīvs) | dailei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | daili | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | dailē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | daile | — |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “daiļš”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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