From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dílˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós.^[1] Karulis posits that the d- visible in Slavic and Indic is prefixal, but the consensus reconstruction makes the *d part of the root, with *dl simplifying to l also in Latin and Germanic.^[2]

• IPA^(key): [īɫks]

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ilgs (definite ilgais, comparative ilgāks, superlative visilgākais, adverb ilgi)

1. (time) long (a large period of time)

   aizbraukt uz ilgu laiku ― to depart for a long time

   pēc ilgiem laikiem atgriezties ― to return after a long time

   sarunāties par ilgu ― to talk too long

2. long, long time (that which lasts or happens for a while, that which takes a while)

   ilgs brauciens, ceļojums ― long trip

   ilga pastaiga ― long walk

   ilga cīņa ― long struggle

   ilgs miegs ― long sleep

   nodzīvot ilgu mūžu ― to live a long life

   desmit minūšu ilgs pārtraukums ― a ten minute long pause

3. long (that which took a while to acquire)

   ilga pieredze ― long experience

   ilgie novērojumi ― long observations