grožis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to gražus (“beautiful”), grožėtis (“to admire”). Sometimes compared to Proto-Slavic *krasa (“beauty”), although the connection is uncertain. Phonological similarity to Proto-Slavic *groza (“horror”) has also been noted.

Noun

grõžis m (uncountable) stress pattern 2

1. beauty

   Synonyms: gražumas, grožybė, gražybė, dailybė, puikybė

Declension

    Declension of grõžis

nominative	grõžis
genitive	grõžio
dative	grõžiui
accusative	grõžį
instrumental	grožiù
locative	grõžyje
vocative	grõži

Further reading

• “grožis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “grožis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krāsà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 245: “f. ā (b)”