"dailus" meaning in Lithuanian

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Adjective

Forms: dailùs [canonical, masculine]
Etymology: From a Baltic root dail-, cognate with Latvian daiļš (“refined, beautiful”), with further origin uncertain. Derksen derives it from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂-l-, an extension of *deyh₂- (“to shine”); for this etymology, see di̇̀delis (“big”) for more potential cognates. Alternatively, Derksen notes a potential connection with Proto-Slavic *dě̀lo (“deed, work”); perhaps this was confused with the root mentioned above. Smoczynski's derivation from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to cut, split”), is rejected by Derksen. Etymology templates: {{cog|lv|daiļš|t=refined, beautiful}} Latvian daiļš (“refined, beautiful”), {{der|lt|ine-pro||*deyh₂-l-}} Proto-Indo-European *deyh₂-l-, {{cog|sla-pro|*dě̀lo|t=deed, work}} Proto-Slavic *dě̀lo (“deed, work”), {{der|lt|ine-pro|*delh₁-|t=to cut, split}} Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to cut, split”) Head templates: {{head|lt|adjective||{{{1}}}||{{{2}}}||g=m|head=dailùs}} dailùs m, {{lt-adj|head=dailùs}} dailùs m
  1. refined, elegant, smooth Derived forms: dailė̃ [art, arts], dáilinti (english: to refine, smoothen)
    Sense id: en-dailus-lt-adj-WONwhyoz Categories (other): Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries
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