daile

See also: dailē

Gothic

Romanization

dailē

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌴

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined from daiļš (“beautiful”) +‎ -e by Atis Kronvalds in 1868, following the model of Lithuanian dailė (“art”). Kronvalds proposed a number of other derivations from daiļš, of which only daile was retained in the (poetic) literary language, not with his intended basic meaning, “art” (which is usually māksla), but rather “beauty.”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dāīlɛ]

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Noun

daile f (5th declension)

1. (poetic) beauty

   dabas daile ― beauty of nature, natural beauty

   spēks un daile ― strength and beauty

   mūzikas daile ― the beauty of music, musical beauty

   tikai pēc laiciņa viņš atklāja šo meitenes acu brīnumaino daili ― only after a little while he discovered the wondrous beauty of that girl's eyes

2. (poetic) (fine) art, artistic work

   dailes teātris ― artistic theater

   ir krievu valodā un dailē gars, tur spēks un smalkums, plašums, kaislas liesmas ― in the Russian language and art there is a spirit, there is strength and finesse, breadth, passion flames

Declension

Declension of daile (5th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	daile	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	daili	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	dailes	—
dative (datīvs)	dailei	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	daili	—
locative (lokatīvs)	dailē	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	daile	—

Synonyms

• daiļums
• glītums
• skaistums