anglis

See also: Anglis

Latvian

Etymology

Ultimately (like the word English itself) from Angles, the name of an old Germanic tribe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [āŋɡlis]
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Noun

anglis m (2nd declension, feminine form: angliete)

  1. an Englishman, a man born in England
  2. (genitive plural): English; pertaining to England and its people
    angļu valodathe English language
    angļu teātrisEnglish theater
  3. (loosely) a citizen of the United Kingdom; (in the genitive plural) relating to the United Kingdom or its citizens
  4. (historical, in the plural) the Angles, one of the Germanic tribes that invaded England in the 5th century

Declension

Synonyms

  • brits (usually plural, briti) (Note: not wholly synonymous)

Lithuanian

Chemical element
C
Previous: boras (B)
Next: azotas (N)
Medžio anglis (1) - Charcoal
Akmens anglis (2) - Coal
Anglies (3) atomas - Carbon atom

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anˀglís, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (coal).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐŋʲˈɡʲlʲɪs/

Noun

anglìs f (plural añglys) stress pattern 4

  1. charcoal (charred remains after a fire)
    medžio anglischarcoal (literally, “wood (char)coal”)
  2. (sometimes in plural) coal (fuel mined from the earth)
    akmens angliscoal (literally, “stone coal”)
    anglių kasyklacoal mine
  3. carbon (chemical element with atomic number 6 and symbol C)
    anglies dioksidascarbon dioxide

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “anglis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 55
  2. anglìs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 32 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. anglis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

  • anglis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • anglis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
  • anglis”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
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