gyvatė

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See also: gyvate, and gyvatę

Lithuanian

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 Gyvatės on Lithuanian Wikipedia

Etymology

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Related to gyvatà (life), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gīˀwatás, compare Proto-Slavic *živòtъ (life). Meaning developed from "living creature".[1][2][3] See gývas (alive) for the root.

Gyvatė

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɡʲiːˈʋaːtʲeː]

Noun

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gyvãtė f (plural gyvãtės) stress pattern 2

  1. snake; serpent

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gyvata”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180
  2. ^ gyvãtė” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 388 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ gyvatė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė, 2007–2012

Further reading

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