skubus
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *k⁽ʷ⁾sewbʰ- (“to shake”). Cognate with Latvian skubrs (“hasty”), as well as dialectal Lithuanian skubrùs (“lively”); outside of Baltic, possibly related to Proto-Germanic *skeubaną (“to push, drive”), Proto-Slavic *skuti (“to pluck”), Sanskrit क्षुभ् (kṣubh, “to shake”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
skubùs m (feminine skubì) stress pattern 4[2]
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of skubus
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of skubus
Related terms
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “skubus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
- ^ “skubus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024