łełs
See also: lels
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic [Term?]. Compare Latvian liẽls, dialectal Lithuanian liẽlas (likely Latvianism), however Lithuanian dìdelis (“big”), Old Prussian debica (“big”).[1]
Adjective
[edit]łełſ
- large, big
- Antonym: maz (“small”)
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 130, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References
[edit]- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , page 75: “łełſ ’didelis, l. wiełki’ 130.”