sils

See also: SILS and s'ils

Latvian

Sils

Etymology

From an earlier *silas, from Proto-Baltic *šil-, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱl̥-, the zero grade of *skel-, *sḱel-, perhaps from *kel-, *ḱel- (“to dry up”) (whence also Latvian kalst “to dry up”) + *s- (an s-mobile), or perhaps by metathesis from *ks-el-, from *ḱes- (< *ḱs-eH-), *ḱsā- (“burned, dried up”) (whence Ancient Greek ξερός (xerós), ξηρός (xērós) “dry” and Sanskrit क्षायति (kṣā́yati) “to burn”). The meaning change was probably “dry, sandy place” > “forest on a dry, sandy place” > “pinewood, pine forest.” Cognates include Lithuanian šìlas, Ancient Greek σκέλλω (skéllō, “to dry up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sils]

Noun

sils m (1st declension)

1. pine forest, pinewood (forest or grove composed of conifers growing in nutrient-poor sandy soil)

   ķērpju sils ― lichen forest (i.e., where lichen grows)

   piejūras sils ― coastal, seaside pine forest

   paugurains sils ― hilly forest

Declension

Declension of sils (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	sils	sili
accusative (akuzatīvs)	silu	silus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	sila	silu
dative (datīvs)	silam	siliem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	silu	siliem
locative (lokatīvs)	silā	silos
vocative (vokatīvs)	sil	sili

Derived terms

• sila virsis, sila ziedi
• sila ķirzaka
• sila strazds
• silu mēnesis

Swedish

Noun

sils

1. indefinite genitive singular of sil

Volapük

Noun

sils

1. nominative plural of sil