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dailė

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Nominal derivative of dailùs (refined, elegant). Cognate with Latvian daile (beautiful girl; art).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dailė̃ f (plural daĩlės) stress pattern 4

  1. art
  2. the fine arts
  3. (dialectal) a work

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dailė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111