kepenys

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Etymology

Derived from kèpti (to bake),[1] perhaps owing to the liver's dark "baked" color. Compare Proto-Slavic *pečenь.

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Noun

kẽpenys f pl stress pattern 3b

  1. (anatomy, plural only) liver[2]

Declension

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kèpti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 275
  2. ^ “kepenys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN