saulėlydis

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Lithuanian

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Saulėlydis

Etymology

From saulė (“sun”) +‎ lydis (“inclination, slope, gradient”), which is related to leisti.[1]

Noun

saulė́lydis m (plural saulė́lydžiai) stress pattern 1

  1. sunset (period of time or light phenomenon)
    Antonym: saulėtekis (“sunrise”)
  2. westerly direction; west
    Synonym: vakarai
  3. (figuratively) end of something
    Synonym: pabaiga

Declension

Declension of saulė́lydis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) saulė́lydis saulė́lydžiai
genitive (kilmininkas) saulė́lydžio saulė́lydžių
dative (naudininkas) saulė́lydžiui saulė́lydžiams
accusative (galininkas) saulė́lydį saulė́lydžius
instrumental (įnagininkas) saulė́lydžiu saulė́lydžiais
locative (vietininkas) saulė́lydyje saulė́lydžiuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) saulė́lydi saulė́lydžiai

See also

References

  1. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “lỹdis”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 364

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