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Lithuanian
Etymology
From tė́vas (“father”) + žudýti (“to murder, to kill”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: tė‧va‧žu‧dys
Noun
tėvažudỹs m (plural tėvažudiaĩ, feminine tėvažudė̃) stress pattern 34a, 3b
- patricide (person who commits patricide)
- Hypernyms: žudìkas, žudýtojas
- Coordinate term: brolžudỹs
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “tėvažudys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “tėvažudys”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025