sveikas

See also: sveikās

Latvian

Adjective

sveikas

  1. inflection of sveiks:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative plural feminine

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *su-ey-kas, from *h₁su- (good) and *ey-, *h₁ey- (to go); the original meaning would then have been “one who goes or walks well”, whence “healthy” and then “unharmed.” For other theories, see sveiks (safe).[1]

Adjective

sveĩkas m (feminine sveikà) stress pattern 4

  1. healthy

Declension

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) “sveikas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438
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