Ar yra žodis „išlįstė“?

LIETUVIŲ AREALINĖS LINGVISTIKOS KLAUSIMAI LIETUVOS TSR MOKSLŲ AKADEMIJA NOTES, REVIEWS IS THERE A WORD išlistė? Volume IV of the Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language1 gives the word išlistė (f.) with the meaning “a narrowing passage (in the shape of a chimney?)”. The word is illustrated with a single sentence from S. Daukantas’s writings: Above that altar there was a wonderfully constructed *išlistė*, so that neither rain, nor storms, nor winds could extinguish the fire; even in stormy weather the flame rose ever higher. As the Dictionary’s citation file2 shows, the sentence should have been taken from S. Daukantas’s “Darbai,” prepared by V. and M. Biržiška: Buwo wyrszau to altoriaus tep stebuklingay pariedita iszlisty, jog ne litus, ne dargnas, ne wieiej negalieiy tynai ugnis užgiesijty, bet dar wietroutas laikas lyipsna kou auksztesnej muszies3. A closer reading of the transcript of S. Daukantas’s “Darbai” manuscript4, from which V. and M. Biržiška’s edition was prepared, reveals that where the edition has the word iszlisty, the manuscript has iszleity—admittedly written rather unclearly, and apparently misread by the editors for that reason (though this may also be a typographical error introduced during printing). The word iszleity is also confirmed by another transcript of the “Darbai” manuscript, in which it is clearly written: Buwa wyrszou to altoriaus tep stebuklinga pariedita iszleity, jog ne litus, ne dergnas, ne wieie negalieiy tynai ugnys ozgesity, nes dar wietroutas laikas lyipsna kou auksztesne muszies5. S. Daukantas uses the word išleitė6 fairly often, usually meaning a flat, low-lying place or valley, for example: Whoever could describe in words those joys that a free person feels, would suddenly see a green meadow or a valley overgrown as with wreaths 1 LKŽ IV 206. 2 Cf. the citation-file card: Išlystė = in a clearing?? (the meaning was glossed in pencil — B. V.): Buwa wyrszau to altoriaus tep stebuklingai pariedita iszlisty, jog ne litus, ne dargnas, ne wieiej negalieiy ugnis užgiesijty. S. Dauk., „Darbay“ 101. 3 Simanas Daukantas, Darbay senuju Lituwiu yr Žemaycziu 1822. Spaudai paruošė Vaclovas ir Mykolas Biržiškai, Kaunas, 1929, p. 101 (toliau — S. Daukantas, Darbai). 4 Darbay of the Ancient Lithuanians and Samogitians, manuscript, VUB D 104; cf. the same sentence in this manuscript: Buwa wyrszau to altoriaus tep stebuklingay pariedita iszleity, jog nelitus, nedargnas, ne wieiej negalieiy tynai ugnis užgiesyty, bet dar wietroutas laikas lyipsna kou auksztesnej muszies (Arkusz 62, p. 496). 5 Darus Letuwiu er Žiamaitiu suraszy S. Tiewelis u. z. Metusy 1833, rankr., VUB D 66, p. 249. 6 The Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language (IV 204) lists: išleitė (= išleitė < išlaitė). J. Talmantas, editor of S. Daukantas’s “Būdas,” renders this word in literary language as išlietė and explains that it means a river basin (see Būdas senovės lietuvių kalnėnų ir žemaičių išrašė pagal senovės raštų Jokūbas Laukys. Redagavo ir žodynėlį pridėjo J. Talmantas, Kaunas, 1935, p. 336); the rendered form is also listed in the Dictionary (IV 205): išlietė f. S. Dauk. river basin; cf. išleitė. 205 overgrown with lindens, maples, oaks […]7; About three or four miles beyond Vilnius there is a very beautiful hollow among the hills on the river Vilnia, where the ashes of Witaudas are melted, and which to this day is called Witaudas’s ash-melting place; pits, parkasai, the river turned aside along the length of the valley testified to the truth8: […] And in the middle9 there is a hill extending more than two hundred miles east and west […], which hill divides that threshold into two hollows […]10: From this one may suppose that in those ancient times not only was the southern hollow inhabited by the Getae or Lithuanian people, but also the northern hollow […]11: […] traveling through two districts during the frosts of 1788 and 1789, I saw various places in that region and found, to my great astonishment, few trees that had grown naturally or been planted, or orchards occupying a suitable place and accessible from all sides; in secluded gardens I saw hollows and covered ground, but scarcely one fruit tree alive12. Low-lying places; the word išleitė, with the more specific meaning of a depression (not išlistė!), is used by S. Daukantas and also occurs in the “Darbai” sentence cited at the beginning of this article. Here the word denotes the place where the altar fire of a pagan Lithuanian temple was kept burning. This is confirmed by the source cited by S. Daukantas—T. Narbutt’s description of the Vilnius temple, from which S. Daukantas translated the sentence in question almost word for word; compare: Bylo w nim tak misternie sporządzona w kłęsłość we środku, że żaden ule w dzidźa, ani śnieg, ani wiatr nie mogły ognia przygasić […]13. The word išleitė, as we can see, corresponds to Polish wkłęłość, ‘depression’. Later, when describing the same temple in other works, S. Daukantas uses the word įlinkmė instead of išleitė; compare: Wídurie wirszaus to dukuro buwusi ilinkmie, tejp nagoutaj patjystyta, jog ne lytus nè snijgas negaliejes tinaj ugnęs gesýti, negi wies jos blaszkyti, bet atkalęj tokio dingstie lūjpsna kou didesnej dar aukszin twaskiejusi14. Wyrszui to altoriaus bū tep kieysta ilinkmie nutaisita, jog ne litus ne darganas, ne wietras negalieje tynai ugnes gesite ne blaszki-te […]15. Thus išlistė, it turns out, is a nonexistent word. In the edition of S. Daukantas’s “Darbai” prepared by V. and M. Biržiška, it is either the result of a typographical error or of an inaccurate reading of the manuscript. From this edition of “Darbai,” without being checked against the original (manuscript) source, the word also found its way into the Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language. The word išleitė is known only from S. Daukantas and old writings; it has not, at least so far, been recorded in spoken language—that is, in dialects. B. VANAGIENĖ. 7 S. Daukantas, Darbai, p. 34. 8 Ten pat, p. 213. 9 In this and other instances, for technical reasons, the usual circumflex sign is used in place of S. Daukantas’s diacritic placed above i, which resembles an almost vertical circumflex tilted slightly to the left. 10 Budą Senowęs — Lėtuwių Kalnienų ir Žamajtių išsraszę Pagal Senowęs Rasztų Jokub’s Łaukys, Petropilie 1845, p. 2 (toliau — Budas). 11 Ten pat, p. 4. 12 Pamokslą ape sodnus arba dajginus wajsingų medių išzgoldę iš teutonų kalbos i žamajtių: Anton’s Žeimys, Petropilie 1849, p. 28. 13 Teodor Narbutt, Wiadomość o Starożytnym Kościele Jowisza w Wilnie, „Tygodnik Wileński“, nr. 60, t. III, 1817. 14 Budas, p. 107. 15 Istorije Žemajtyszka, rankr., — Lietuvių kalbos ir literatūros instituto rankrašt ynas. F 1–2 (SD), l. 36. 206