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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *meyg- (“sleep, blink”). Cognate with Latvian miegs, Proto-Slavic *migъ (“blink”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
miẽgas m stress pattern 4 [2]
- sleep
- kietas, tvirtas miegas[2] - a fast sleep
- ramus miegas[3] - calm sleep
Declension
adjectives related to miegas
See also
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “miegas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 315
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “miegas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “ramus” in Balčikonis, op. cit.