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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“similar, like”). Cognate with Latvian līdzs (“flat”), līdzīgs (“similar”), Old Prussian polīgu (“similarly”). Further related to Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈlʲiːɡʊs/
Adjective
lýgus m (feminine lýgi, neuter lýgu) stress pattern 3
- flat, even
- equal
Declension
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lygus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286