gyvatė

See also: gyvate and gyvatę

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Gyvatė

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲiːˈʋaːtʲeː]

Noun

gyvãtė f (plural gyvãtės) stress pattern 2

  1. snake; serpent

Declension

Derived terms

References

  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 [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

  • gyvatė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • gyvatė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
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