liels

Etymology 1
From (maybe from the stem ), with an extra suffix -l. The semantic development was probably: “thin, slender” > “long, tall (big in height)” > “remarkable because of size, significance”. A more recent suggestion derives liels from (again with an extra -l), with the meaning changing from “to pour” > “to even, to smooth (by pouring, casting)” > “to iron, to press” > “to make thin by pressing (e.g., a metal sheet)” > “to extend, increase (by pressing),” from which the meaning “big, large”. Cognates include 🇨🇬, (dialectal  is a borrowing from Latvian), 🇨🇬 (> infinitive, in turn from ), 🇨🇬 (from 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (compare ).

Adjective

 * 1) big, large being more than the size of other similar objects, creatures, etc.
 * 2) big, large being more than the appropriate size
 * 3) big, large going a longer distance
 * 4)  intense, loud
 * 5) high, great, large having a higher numerical value than usual or normal
 * 6) big, grown-up, adult
 * 7) big, large having many members;
 * 8)  big, intense more intense, more intensely felt
 * 9) big, major, important having strong influence, being strongly felt, having an impact
 * 10)  more intense, with more intense effects
 * 11)  important, influential
 * 12)  great, big offering many possibilities
 * 13)  great, very skilled; passionate; notable, excellent
 * 14)  big, important, rich
 * 15)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1) big, grown-up, adult
 * 2) big, large having many members;
 * 3)  big, intense more intense, more intensely felt
 * 4) big, major, important having strong influence, being strongly felt, having an impact
 * 5)  more intense, with more intense effects
 * 6)  important, influential
 * 7)  great, big offering many possibilities
 * 8)  great, very skilled; passionate; notable, excellent
 * 9)  big, important, rich
 * 10)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1) big, grown-up, adult
 * 2) big, large having many members;
 * 3)  big, intense more intense, more intensely felt
 * 4) big, major, important having strong influence, being strongly felt, having an impact
 * 5)  more intense, with more intense effects
 * 6)  important, influential
 * 7)  great, big offering many possibilities
 * 8)  great, very skilled; passionate; notable, excellent
 * 9)  big, important, rich
 * 10)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1) big, major, important having strong influence, being strongly felt, having an impact
 * 2)  more intense, with more intense effects
 * 3)  important, influential
 * 4)  great, big offering many possibilities
 * 5)  great, very skilled; passionate; notable, excellent
 * 6)  big, important, rich
 * 7)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  important, influential
 * 2)  great, big offering many possibilities
 * 3)  great, very skilled; passionate; notable, excellent
 * 4)  big, important, rich
 * 5)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  great, very skilled; passionate; notable, excellent
 * 2)  big, important, rich
 * 3)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  big, important, rich
 * 2)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  big, important, rich
 * 2)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  big, important, rich
 * 2)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  big, important, rich
 * 2)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  great, major, important, significant, influential
 * 1)  great, major, important, significant, influential

Etymology 2
From, from the stem , whence also ; compare also ,. The original meaning was probably “bending, curvature.” A similar semantic development can be seen in 🇨🇬 (< < ), 🇨🇬 (<  / ). Another suggestion has be the nominalized form of the adjective  with intonational change.

Noun

 * 1)  shin part of the leg from the knee to the ankle; syn. ,
 * 2) an annual hard widening or growth on a tree (especially conifer) trunk on one side (e.g., on spruces)
 * 1) an annual hard widening or growth on a tree (especially conifer) trunk on one side (e.g., on spruces)