svili

See also: svilì

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse svili, q.v.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɪːlɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɪːlɪ

Noun

svili m (genitive singular svila, nominative plural svilar)

1. the husband of one's spouse's sibling; brother-in-law

Declension

Declension of svili (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svili	svilinn	svilar	svilarnir
accusative	svila	svilann	svila	svilana
dative	svila	svilanum	svilum	svilunum
genitive	svila	svilans	svila	svilanna

Related terms

• svilkona

Old Norse

Etymology

Theoretically from Proto-Germanic *swelijô (“sister's husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *swél-(i)yo-n- or *swé-l-y-ō, though these reconstructions are uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀέλιοι (aélioi, “brothers-in-law”) (prefixed with *sm̥-).

Noun

svili

1. brother-in-law

Declension

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References

• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*sweljan-(?)”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 498
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀέλιοι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 24

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

svili (Cyrillic spelling свили)

1. dative/locative singular of svila