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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian dvaša (“breath”).[1][2][3] For the root see dvė̃sti (“breathe, blow”), daũsos (“air”), Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-.
Noun
dvasià f (plural dvãsios) stress pattern 2
- spirit, soul (most senses)
- (dialectal) breath, breathing
Declension
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dvasia”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
- ^ “dvãsas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 286 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “dvasia”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading
- “dvasia”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “dvasia”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024