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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *krušā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *krows-.[1] Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian krusa (“hail”), Proto-Slavic *krъxà (“lump”). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek κρούω (kroúō, “to beat”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
krušà f stress pattern 4 [2]
- hail (precipitation)
Declension
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 253. →ISBN
- ^ “kruša” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.