deglas

Lithuanian
Deglas

Etymology

From dègti (“to burn, light”) +‎ -las. Compare Latvian dęgla (“tinder fungus, tinder”).

Noun

dẽglas m (plural deglaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. torch (a stick with a flame on one end)
    Synonym: fãkelas
    Hypernyms: lémpa (“lighting fixture”), žibiñtas (“lantern”)
    dẽglo nešė́jas ― torchbearer
    olìmpinio dẽglo estafètė ― Olympic torch relay
  2. wick (a string that holds the flame of a candle)
    Synonyms: dãgtis, knãtas
  3. burn (an injury or scar caused by fire)
    Synonyms: nudegìmas, dė̃gis

Declension
Declension of dẽglas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) dẽglas deglaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) dẽglo deglų̃
dative (naudininkas) dẽglui degláms
accusative (galininkas) dẽglą deglùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) deglù deglaĩs
locative (vietininkas) deglè degluosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) dẽgle deglaĩ

References
  • “deglas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “deglas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
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