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dykas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dīkas, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰiHkos, according to Pokorny, from *deyh₁- (to chase away, swing).[1]

Cognate with Latvian dīks (empty), Proto-Slavic *dikъ (wild). Could be a borrowing from Slavic, but the difference in meaning is significant.

Adjective

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dỹkas m (feminine dykà) stress pattern 4

  1. empty, vacant
    Synonym: tuščias
    Antonym: pilnas

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • dykas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dykas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “2. dei̯ə- (di̯ā-, di̯ə-, dī-)”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 187

Swedish

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Verb

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dykas

  1. passive infinitive of dyka