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sveikas

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See also: sveikās

Latvian

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Adjective

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sveikas

  1. inflection of sveiks:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative plural feminine

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *su-ey-kas, from *h₁su- (good) and *ey-, *h₁ey- (to go); the original meaning would then have been “one who goes or walks well”, whence “healthy” and then “unharmed.” For other theories, see Latvian sveiks (safe).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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sveĩkas m (feminine sveikà) stress pattern 4

  1. healthy

Interjection

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sveikas

  1. (informal, to a male) hello

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sveikas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438