gegužė

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See also: geguže and gegužę

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Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Latvian dzeguze (“cuckoo”) and Old Prussian geguse (“cuckoo”), the latter attested in the Elbing Vocabulary.[1]

The "May" meaning is from the "cuckoo" meaning;[2] cuckoos were associated with the month of May in pagan times,[3] perhaps as the month when they most flourished.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gegužė̃ f (plural gẽgužės) stress pattern 3b or gegùžė f (plural gegùžės) stress pattern 2[4]

  1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  2. cuckoo (bird)

Declension

  • (stress pattern 3b)
Declension of gegužė̃
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) gegužė̃ gẽgužės
genitive (kilmininkas) gegužė̃s gegužių̃
dative (naudininkas) gẽgužei gegužė́ms
accusative (galininkas) gẽgužę gẽgužes
instrumental (įnagininkas) gẽguže gegužėmìs
locative (vietininkas) gegužėjè gegužėsè
vocative (šauksmininkas) gẽguže gẽgužės
  • (stress pattern 2)
Declension of gegùžė
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) gegùžė gegùžės
genitive (kilmininkas) gegùžės gegùžių
dative (naudininkas) gegùžei gegùžėms
accusative (galininkas) gegùžę gegužès
instrumental (įnagininkas) gegužè gegùžėmis
locative (vietininkas) gegùžėje gegùžėse
vocative (šauksmininkas) gegùže gegùžės

Note: The more common stress pattern is 3b.

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gegužė̃ I”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 165
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gegužė̃ II”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 165-6
  3. ^ https://archive.ph/7f9UX
  4. ^ “gegužė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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