gėlė

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See also: gėlę, gele, Gele, gelé, gèle, gelê, and gėle

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Gėlės

Etymology

Etymologically isolated. Perhaps from gel̃tas (yellow), but this is semantically unappealing due to the diversity of colors of flowers.

Pronunciation

Noun

gėlė̃ f (plural gė̃lės) stress pattern 4

  1. flower (a plant that bears flowers)
    Synonym: žolynas

Usage notes

gėlė and the less common žolynas (herbaceous plant; plant with flowers) refer to an entire plant, while žiedas refers to just the part (the flower itself).

Declension

See also

References

  1. ^ gėlė̃” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 351 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

  • gėlė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • gėlė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024