žalias

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Latvian zaļš (“green”) and akin to Proto-Slavic *zelenъ (“green”), *zelьje (“young vegetation”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

žãlias m (feminine žalià) stress pattern 4

  1. green
  2. unripe, immature
  3. uncooked, raw, unworked
  4. inexperienced, naive
  5. young, hale
  6. green, ecofriendly

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žalias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511

Further reading

  • “žalias”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “žalias”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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