šlapias
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱlep- (“wet, damp”). Cognate with Latvian slapjš (“wet”); further relatives outside Baltic include Polish słota (“rainy weather”), Ancient Greek κλέπας (klépas, “something moist”), Irish cluain (“meadow”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
šlãpias m (feminine šlãpià)
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of šlapias
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of šlapias
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “šlãpias”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 641-2
- ^ “šlãpias” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 1201 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “šlapias”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “šlãpias”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 999-1000
Further reading
- “šlapias”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “šlapias”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024