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Lithuanian
Etymology
From the root bai- + -mė (see baidyti). Cognate with Latvian baîme (“fear”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
báimė f (plural báimės) stress pattern 1 [2]
- fear[3]
- (figuratively) ghost
Declension
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Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “fear”): drąsa
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “baimė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
- ^ “baimė” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “baimė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN