tuščias

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Lithuanian

Pilnas butelis, tuščias butelis
- Full bottle, empty bottle

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tuskjas.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tùščias m (feminine tuščià) stress pattern 4

  1. empty, vacant
    Synonym: dykas
    Antonym: pilnas
    tuščia dėžė - an empty box
    tuščia vieta - a vacant place
    tuščios kišenės - empty pockets
  2. hollow
    tuščias žmogus - a hollow man
    tuščia kalba - a hollow speech
  3. (figuratively) vain, fruitless
    tuščias darbas - vain work
    tuščios pastangos - vain effort

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 “tuščias” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “tuščias” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN