šiaurė

See also: šiaure and šiaurę

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śḗˀweras; Proto-Balto-Slavic *śjáuˀras,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁wer-o-[1] Cognate with Russian се́вер (séver, north)[1] and Latin caurus (north-western wind).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃʲä̂ˑʊ̯rʲeː]

Noun

šiáurė f (plural šiáurės) stress pattern 1 [2]

  1. north (compass point)[3]
  2. night or late evening
  3. supper

Declension

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Hypernyms

Coordinate terms

  • (Noun) šiaurys m

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 448-449
  2. “šiaurė” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. “šiaurė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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