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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian dā̀rks (“spotted, variegated”). Related to der̃kti (“to make dirty”). Apparently influenced by dargùs (“nasty, bad (of weather)”).
Adjective
darkùs m (feminine darkì) stress pattern 4
- dirty
- Synonym: nešvarus
- nasty
- Synonyms: bjaurus, grasus
- bad (of weather)
- Synonyms: darganotas, dargus
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of darkus
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of darkus
Derived terms
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “darkus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 116
- “dargà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 199 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
Further reading
- “darkus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “darkus”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024