antis

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English

Noun

antis

  1. plural of anti

Anagrams

Extremaduran

Adverb

antis

  1. before

Preposition

antis

  1. before

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese antes.

Adverb

antis

  1. earlier
  2. before (at an earlier time)
  3. formerly

Lithuanian

 antis on Lithuanian Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Cognate with Old Prussian antis, Proto-Slavic *ǫtь. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ánˀtis, i-stem variant of Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts. More at annet.

Antys

Noun

ántis f (plural antys) stress pattern 1

  1. duck
Declension

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Etymology 2

Cognate with Armenian անութ (anutʿ)? (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Or related to ant, or to Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos, Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-.

Noun

añtis m (plural añčiai) stress pattern 2

  1. bosom
Declension

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “antis I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
  2. ^ ántis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 37 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ antis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “antis II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 57
  5. ^ añtis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 36 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

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