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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲɛɪ̯ˑlʲɪs̪]

Noun

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peĩlis m (plural peĩliai) stress pattern 2

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

Declension

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See also

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References

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  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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