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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lītilaz
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈliː.ti.lɑz/
Adjective
*lītilaz (comparative *minnizô, superlative *minnistaz)
- small, little (alternative form of *lūtilaz)
- few, little (small amount of)
Inflection
Declension of *lītilaz (a-stem)
| Strong declension | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *lītilaz | *lītilai | *lītilō | *lītilôz | *lītilą, -atō | *lītilō |
| Accusative | *lītilanǭ | *lītilanz | *lītilǭ | *lītilōz | *lītilą, -atō | *lītilō |
| Genitive | *lītilas, -is | *lītilaizǫ̂ | *lītilaizōz | *lītilaizǫ̂ | *lītilas, -is | *lītilaizǫ̂ |
| Dative | *lītilammai | *lītilaimaz | *lītilaizōi | *lītilaimaz | *lītilammai | *lītilaimaz |
| Instrumental | *lītilanō | *lītilaimiz | *lītilaizō | *lītilaimiz | *lītilanō | *lītilaimiz |
| Weak declension | ||||||
| Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *lītilô | *lītilaniz | *lītilǭ | *lītilōniz | *lītilô | *lītilōnō |
| Accusative | *lītilanų | *lītilanunz | *lītilōnų | *lītilōnunz | *lītilô | *lītilōnō |
| Genitive | *lītiliniz | *lītilanǫ̂ | *lītilōniz | *lītilōnǫ̂ | *lītiliniz | *lītilanǫ̂ |
| Dative | *lītilini | *lītilammaz | *lītilōni | *lītilōmaz | *lītilini | *lītilammaz |
| Instrumental | *lītilinē | *lītilammiz | *lītilōnē | *lītilōmiz | *lītilinē | *lītilammiz |
Synonyms
- *fawaz
- *lūtilaz
Antonyms
- *mikilaz
Descendants
- Old Norse: lítill
- Icelandic: lítill
- Faroese: lítil
- Norn: litel
- Norwegian Nynorsk: liten
- Elfdalian: litn
- Westrobothnian: litn, litta, löytn, läitn, läitelłt, liss-, leill-, lihhl-
- Old Swedish: lītil, lītin
- Swedish: lilla, liten
- Danish: lille, liden
- Norwegian Bokmål: liten
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils)
- Crimean Gothic: lista