pietūs

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *piťa (compare Old Polish pica (“fodder, victuals”)[1] and Russian пи́ща (píšča, “food”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peyt-. Cognate with Sanskrit पितु (pitú, “nourishment”) and Old Irish ith (“grain”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲɪɛt̪uːs̪]

Noun

piẽtūs m pl stress pattern 4 [3]

  1. (plural only) lunch, dinner (midday meal)[4]
  2. (plural only) noon, midday
  3. (plural only) south (compass point)[4]

Declension
    Declension of piẽtūs (plural-only)
nominative piẽtūs
genitive pietų̃
dative pietùms
accusative pietùs
instrumental pietumìs
locative pietuosè
vocative piẽtūs

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Derived terms
  • (Verb) pietauti

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “pica”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 405
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 401. →ISBN
  3. “pietūs” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. “pietūs” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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