kovas

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Verb

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kovas

  1. present of kovi

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic of the rook's cry;[1] compare Proto-Slavic *gàvornъ (rook), English caw for similar formations. The shift to the "March" meaning comes from the fact that rooks (and other corvids) often begin building their rests in March.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kóvas m (plural kovaĩ) stress pattern 3

  1. March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
  2. rook (bird)

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kóvas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 306

Anagrams

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Swedish

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Noun

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kovas

  1. indefinite genitive singular of kova