žirgas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From the same family of words as žìrklės (scissors); see there for more. Cognate with Latvian zirgs.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

žìrgas m (plural žirgaĩ) stress pattern 3

  1. steed
  2. (chess) knight

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Chess pieces in Lithuanian · ? (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
karalius valdovė bokštas rikis žirgas pėstininkas

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “žìrgas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 787