dykas

See also: Dykas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian dīks (empty), Proto-Slavic *dikъ (wild). Could be a borrowing from Slavic, but the difference in meaning is significant.

Adjective

dỹkas m (feminine dykà) stress pattern 4

  1. empty, vacant
    Synonym: tuščias
    Antonym: pilnas

Declension

Derived terms

  • dykuma (desert)
  • dykumas (emptiness)

References

  • dykas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dykas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129

Swedish

Verb

dykas

  1. passive infinitive of dyka
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