didelis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Derived from dìdis (“big, large”) +‎ -elis, with further etymology of the first component unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂-dʰe-, from *deyh₂- (“to shine”), with semantic shift "shining" > "visible" > "large"; in this case, related to Homeric Greek δέατο (déato, “[he/she/it] showed themselves”), δῆλος (dêlos, “visible”), Vedic Sanskrit दीदाय (dīdā́ya, “[he/she/it] shines”), दीप् (dīp, “to blaze, glow”), and see the latter for more.[1]

Windekens tentatively compares it with Ancient Greek Τῑτᾱ́ν (Tītā́n, “titan”) (possibly of Anatolian origin).

Cognate with Latvian dižs, dideļš.

Adjective

dìdelis m (feminine dìdelė, neuter dìdeli) stress pattern 3b

  1. big
  2. large (of greater size)

Declension
declension of didelis
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative dìdelis didelì dìdelė dìdelės
genitive dìdelio didelių̃ didelė̃s didelių̃
dative dideliám didelíems dìdelei didelė́ms
accusative dìdelį dìdelius dìdelę dìdeles
instrumental dìdeliu dideliãis dìdele didelėmìs
locative dideliamè dideliuosè didelėjè didelėsè
vocative dìdelis didelì dìdele dìdelės

Antonyms

References
  • “didelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • “didelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “didelis”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 107-8
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