deglas

Lithuanian

Deglas

Etymology

From dègti (“to burn, light”) +‎ -las. Compare Latvian dęgla (“tinder fungus, tinder”).

Noun

dẽglas m (plural deglaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. torch (a stick with a flame on one end)
    Synonym: fãkelas
    Hypernyms: lémpa (“lighting fixture”), žibiñtas (“lantern”)
    dẽglo nešė́jas ― torchbearer
    olìmpinio dẽglo estafètė ― Olympic torch relay
  2. wick (a string that holds the flame of a candle)
    Synonyms: dãgtis, knãtas
  3. burn (an injury or scar caused by fire)
    Synonyms: nudegìmas, dė̃gis

Declension

References

  • “deglas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “deglas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
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