gairė

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See also: gaire, -gaire, gàire, and gáire

Lithuanian

Gairė

Etymology

Related to Lithuanian gaĩšti. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gáirė f (plural gáirės)

  1. stake (a pole, often used to mark a location or boundary)
    Synonyms: baslỹs, kártis, stul̃pas, smaĩgas, kuõlas
    • 2017, Ganytojas, number 461:
      Tai šen, tai ten Lora pastebėdavo nedidelę medinę gairę, kone pasislėpusią žolėse. Tėtis paaiškino, jog tai matininkų gairės geležinkelio pylimui, kuris dar nėra pradėtas.
      Here and there, Lora noticed a small wooden stake almost hidden in the grass. Dad explained that these were the surveyors' stakes for the railway embankment, which had not yet been started.
    • 1926, “Vaizdelis iš karo topografo darbų. [An excerpt from the work of a war topographer.]”, in Kardas: Lietuvos karininkų laikraštis [Sword: Lithuanian officers' newspaper]‎, volume 31, number 55, Kaunas:
      Valandėlė—ir visi jau buvo kalne, kur buvo įsmeigta aukšta gairė su šiaudų pluoštu viršūnėje.
      A moment later, and everyone was on the hill, where a tall pole with a bundle of straw had been stuck at the top.
  2. milestone
    • 1942, Jurgis Baltrušaitis, “Motina žemė”, in Ašarų Vainikas:
      Kas kad lietuvis aukso nežarsto, Ir jam dvi gairės – lopšio ir karsto.
      A Lithuanian is not overflowing with gold, and for him there are two milestones — the cradle and the grave.
  3. guideline
    • 2009, Commission of the European Communities:
      Neseniai Komisija priėmė rekomendaciją, kurioje pateikiamos gairės, kaip naudoti RDA prietaikas laikantis privatumo ir duomenų apsaugos principų
      The Commission recently adopted a recommendation that provides guidelines on how to operate RFID applications in compliance with privacy and data protection principles
  4. (rare) weather vane
    Synonyms: vė́jarodis, vė́trungė
  5. (rare) draught (gust of air)
    Synonyms: sker̃svėjis, traũksmas
  6. (rare) wind-blown place
    Synonym: pagáirė

Declension

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References

  • gairė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “gaĩšti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 129
  • gairė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • gaišti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012