laiškas

See also: lāiskas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (to allow, let, release). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *listъ, Latvian laiska (leaf of a flax stalk), laiksne (white water-lily), and Old Prussian lāiskas (book).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlajʃkɐs]

Noun

láiškas m (plural laiškaĩ) stress pattern 3

  1. letter (written message)

Declension

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “laiškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 270–271
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