žalias
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Cognate with Latvian zaļš (“green”) and akin to Proto-Slavic *zelenъ (“green”), *zelьje (“young vegetation”).[1]
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editžãlias m (feminine žalià) stress pattern 4
Declension
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Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žalias”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 511
Further reading
edit- “žalias”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “žalias”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012