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Lithuanian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewH- (“to defecate”). Cognate with Old Prussian gīdan (“shame, disgrace”), as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *gadъ (“creepy creature”), Proto-West Germanic *kwād (“evil”),[1] Proto-Slavic *govьno (“crap, turd”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gė́da f stress pattern 1[2]
- shame[3]
Declension
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gėda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167
- ^ Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN