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Latvian
Adjective
sveikas
- inflection of sveiks:
- genitive singular feminine
- nominative/accusative plural feminine
Lithuanian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *su-ey-kas, from *h₁su- (“good”) and *ey-, *h₁ey- (“to go”); the original meaning would then have been “one who goes or walks well”, whence “healthy” and then “unharmed.” For other theories, see sveiks (“safe”).
Adjective
sveĩkas m (feminine sveikà) stress pattern 4
- healthy
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of sveikas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of sveikas
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sveikas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 438