See also: deme, déme, dėme, and dėmę

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

De-prefixing of núodėmė (sin), itself formed from a reanalysis of nusidėti (to sin) with omission of the reflexive particle si, the verb from nuõ (away from; for, against) +‎ dėti (to place).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dėmė̃ f (plural dė̃mės) stress pattern 4

  1. stain
  2. sin

Declension edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “dėmė̃”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 100