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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *lītilaz</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
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      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_lītilaz</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_litilaz" type="adj" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lītilaz">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>lītilaz</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈliː.ti.lɑz</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᛚᛁᛏᛁᛚᚨᛉ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>adj</pos>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>small, little (alternative form of *lūtilaz)</def>
          </sense>
          <sense n="2">
            <def>few, little (small amount of)</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">*luttiz (‘little, few’) + *-ilaz (‘adjectival suffix’), the former likely a derivative of *lūtaną (‘to bow down’).</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilôz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilanǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilą, -atō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilanz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilaizōz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilas, -is</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilaizǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilaizōi</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilammai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilaimaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilaizō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilanō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #strong">
              <orth>lītilaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #strong">
              <orth>lītilaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #strong">
              <orth>lītilaimiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilǭ</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilaniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilanų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōnų</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilô</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilanunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōnunz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilōnō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītiliniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītiliniz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōnǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilanǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōni</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilini</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōmaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilammaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōnē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilinē</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #masc #weak">
              <orth>lītilammiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #fem #weak">
              <orth>lītilōmiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr #neut #weak">
              <orth>lītilammiz</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lítill</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Elfdalian</lang>
                    <orth>litn</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Faroese</lang>
                    <orth>lítil</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                    <orth>lítill</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norn</lang>
                    <orth>litel</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                    <orth>liten</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lítill</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                    <orth>litæl, litæn</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Danish</lang>
                      <orth>lille, liden</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                      <orth>liten</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                  <orth>lítill</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                    <orth>lītil, lītin</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>lilla, liten</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (leitils)</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Crimean Gothic</lang>
                  <orth>lista</orth>
                </form>
              </item>
            </list>
          </re>
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