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spalis

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Friulian

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Noun

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spalis

  1. plural of spale

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian spaļi (waste of flax or hemp), Old Prussian spelanxtis (splinter); outside of Baltic, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelH- (to split, tear off). If so, then compare Ancient Greek σπολᾰ́ς (spolắs, leather garment), Latin spolium (skin, hide; spoils), Old Church Slavonic поль (polĭ, sex; half),[1] Proto-Germanic *spelþą (destruction, ruin), Sanskrit फल् (phal, to burst; to bear fruit).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [ˈspa.lʲɪs]

Noun

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spãlis m (plural spãliai) stress pattern 2

  1. October (tenth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  2. boon (of flax or hemp)
  3. (plural only) waste of flax or hemp

Declension

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Declension of spãlis
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) spãlis spãliai
genitive (kilmininkas) spãlio spãlių
dative (naudininkas) spãliui spãliams
accusative (galininkas) spãlį spaliùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) spaliù spãliais
locative (vietininkas) spãlyje spãliuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) spãli spãliai

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “spalis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 418