guolis

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *gwel- (dwelling-place, hole), and cognate with Latvian guōļa (nest, lair). Outside of Baltic, compare Old Armenian կաղաղ (kałał, hole, hiding-place) and perhaps Ancient Greek γωλεός (gōleós, hole).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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guõlis m (plural guõliai) stress pattern 2

  1. den, lair
  2. (colloquial) bed

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “guolis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 194