OriginFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *pilis, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁-í-s, from *tpelH- (“stronghold”). Cognate with Latvian pìls, Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), Sanskrit पुर (pura).
Formspili̇̀s(canonical, feminine, stress-pattern-4) · pi̇̀lis(canonical, feminine, stress-pattern-2) · pi̇̀lys(plural) · pili̇̀s(nominative, singular) · pi̇̀lys(nominative, plural) · piliẽs(genitive, singular) · pilių̃(genitive, plural) · pi̇̀liai(dative, singular) · pili̇̀ms(dative, plural) · pi̇̀lį(accusative, singular) · pili̇̀s(accusative, plural) · pilimi̇̀(instrumental, singular) · pilimi̇̀s(instrumental, plural) · pilyjè(locative, singular) · pilysè(locative, plural) · piliẽ(singular, vocative) · pi̇̀lys(plural, vocative)