Telšiai

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɛlˈʃeɪ̯/ Rhymes: -eɪ === Proper noun === Telšiai The capital city of Telšiai County, Lithuania. A county of Lithuania. ==== Translations ==== == Lithuanian == === Etymology === A variant of a Lithuanian-language root, -telš- or -tilž-, related to water. Compare with Tilžė (“Sovetsk, a town in Kaliningrad, Russia”) and Talsai (“Talsi, a city in Latvia”). Related to Samogitian telkšoti (“to be flooded with water, to splash”) and Samogitian Telšē. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tʲɛlʲ²ˈʃʲɛɪˑ] Rhymes: -ɛɪˑ Syllabification: Tel‧šiai̇̃ === Proper noun === Telšiai̇̃ m pl (demonym telši̇̀škis or telšiẽtis, female demonym telši̇̀škė or telšiẽtė) stress pattern 3 Telšiai (the capital city of Telšiai County, Lithuania) Telšiai (a county of Lithuania) Telšiai (a district municipality of Telšiai County, Lithuania) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Telšiai → Russian: Тельшяй (Telʹšjaj), Тяльшяй (Tjalʹšjaj) === Further reading === “Telšiai”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d. “Telšiai” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia]