igъlinъ

hólka `needle' [f ā];

ihlá (dial.) `needle' [f ā]

jehla `needle' [f ā];

ihɫa (dial.) `needle' [f ā]

igɫa `needle, pin' [f ā];

jegɫa (dial.) `needle, pin' [f ā]

ìgla `needle' [f ā], ȉglu [Accs];

jìgla (dial.) `needle' [f ā];

jàgla (dial.) `needle' [f ā];

Čak. iglȁ (Vrgada) `needle' [f ā], ȉglu [Accs];

Čak. iglȁ (Novi) `needle' [f ā];

Čak. jȏgla (Hvar) `needle' [f ā], ȉglu [Accs];

Čak. ȉgla (Orbanići) `needle' [f ā], ȉglo [Accs]

ígla `needle, kingpin' [f ā];

iglà `needle, kingpin' [f ā];

jǝ̀gla `needle, kingpin' [f ā]

Comments: The connection with Lith. (dial.) áigyti `prick, sting, incite, beat', aĩgaras `straw' (Toporov PJ s.v. ayculo), does not seem implausible. OPr. ayculo may have <c> for g. The assumption that ay- reflects *ei is not trivial. The Slavic root may have either zero grade or e-grade unless the root has initial *h₂ or *h₃. Note that in case of a zero grade in the root the *u of the suffix would have blocked the progressive palatalization.

\{1\} According to the Staroslavjanskij slovar', the adjective igъlinъ occurs nine times, always in the context skvozě igъlině uši `through the eye of a needle'.