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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian dīks (“empty”), Proto-Slavic *dikъ (“wild”). Could be a borrowing from Slavic, but the difference in meaning is significant.
Adjective
dỹkas m (feminine dykà) stress pattern 4
- empty, vacant
- Synonym: tuščias
- Antonym: pilnas
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of dykas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of dykas
Derived terms
References
- “dykas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “dykas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
Swedish
Verb
dykas
- passive infinitive of dyka