žvakė

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See also: žvake and žvakę

Lithuanian

Žvakė

Etymology

According to Weiss, from Proto-Baltic *žvak-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰʷokʷ-, *ǵʰweh₂k- (to shine), cognate with Latin fax (torch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: žva‧kė

Noun

žvãkė f (plural žvãkės) stress pattern 2

  1. candle

Declension

Further reading

  • žvakė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • žvakė”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
  • žvakė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024