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geras

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See also: Geras, géras, and gëras

Latin

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Verb

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gerās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of gerō  "may you carry, may you bear; may you wear"

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Related to girti (to praise), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (to welcome, greet, praise), or garėti (to evaporate), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm, hot).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gẽras m (feminine gerà, neuter gẽra) stress pattern 4

  1. good

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “gẽras”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 170
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 171

Portuguese

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Verb

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geras

  1. second-person singular present indicative of gerar