литва

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Old Ruthenian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic литъва (litŭva, Aukštaitians, Lithuanians), from Old Lithuanian Lietuvà.

Noun

литва (litvaf inan (genitive литвы́, related adjective лито́вский)

  1. (collective) ethnic Lithuanians
  2. (collective) inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

See also

Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “литва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 65

Russian

Etymology 1

From Old East Slavic литъва (litŭva, Aukštaitians, Lithuanians), from Old Lithuanian Lietuvà.

Pronunciation

Noun

литва́ (litváf inan (genitive литвы́, uncountable)

  1. (historical) Baltic tribes around the Neman and Daugava river basins, predecessors of modern Lithuanians
Usage notes

The plural is not attested.

Declension
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *litva (downpour).

Noun

литва́ (litváf inan (genitive литвы́, nominative plural литвы́, genitive plural литв)

  1. (dialectal) downpour (heavy rain)
  2. (dialectal, collective) foundry workers at a factory
Declension

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Литва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*litva/*litьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 159