kairė

Lithuanian

Etymology

A derivative of kreĩvas (crooked, curved; wrong), with dissimilation of the *kr- > k-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐɪ̯ˑˈrʲeː]

Noun

kairė̃ f (plural kaĩrės) stress pattern 4

  1. left (direction)
    Coordinate term: dešinė

Declension

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 218-9
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