peilis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Germanic.[1] Compare German Feile (“file (tool)”) and English file, as well as Proto-Slavic *pila (“saw”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲɛɪ̯ˑlʲɪs̪]

Noun

peĩlis m (plural peĩliai) stress pattern 2

  1. knife[3]
    pjauti peiliu – to cut with a knife

Declension
Declension of peĩlis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) peĩlis peĩliai
genitive (kilmininkas) peĩlio peĩlių
dative (naudininkas) peĩliui peĩliams
accusative (galininkas) peĩlį peiliùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) peiliù peĩliais
locative (vietininkas) peĩlyje peĩliuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) peĩli peĩliai

See also
  • durklas

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “piła piła”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 414
  2. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “peĩlis”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 446
  3. “peilis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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