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Latvian
Adjective
baltas
- inflection of balts:
- genitive singular feminine
- nominative/accusative plural feminine
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtas (“faint, white”) (compare Latvian balts), which is generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white”) and compared with Proto-Slavic *bòlto (“swamp; mud”); see there for more discussion on the root. Compare also Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
báltas m (feminine baltà, neuter balta) stress pattern 3
- white
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of baltas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of baltas
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See also
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “baltas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80