lėnas
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *leʔnas, *lēnas, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁- (“soft, slow”). Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian lȩ̃ns (“lazy”), lȩ̄̀ns (“lazy”), lȩ̂ns (“soft, mild”), Proto-Slavic *lěnъ (“lazy, slow”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
lė́nas m (feminine lėnà) stress pattern 4
Declension
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lėnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 279