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sils

sils

See also: SILS and s'ils

Latvian

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

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sils”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Volapük

Noun

sils

  1. nominative plural of sil

Etymology

From an earlier *silas, from Proto-Baltic *šil-, from Proto-Indo-European *sḱl̥-, the reduced grade of *skel-, *sḱel-, perhaps from *kel-, *ḱel- ‎(“to dry up”) (whence also Latvian kalst “to dry up”) with 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”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sils]

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