Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bloiʔd-(w)ó-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd-(w)o-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *blědъ, Proto-Germanic *blaitaz.

Adjective edit

blaĩvas m (feminine blaivà, neuter blaĩva) stress pattern 4

  1. whitish, blue, sober

Inflection edit

References edit

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “blaivas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92