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Lithuanian
Etymology
By surface analysis, savi- + garbė or pagarba (“honour”).
Noun
savìgarba f stress pattern 1
- self-esteem, self-respect
Žmogus be savigarbos niekam vertas.- A person without self-respect is worthless.
Declension
References
- “savigarba”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “savigarba”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024