grožis
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Related to gražus (“beautiful”), grožėtis (“to admire”). Sometimes compared to Proto-Slavic *krasa (“beauty”), although the connection is uncertain. Phonological similarity to Proto-Slavic *groza (“horror”) has also been noted.
Noun edit
grõžis m (uncountable) stress pattern 2
Declension edit
Declension of grõžis
Further reading edit
- “grožis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “grožis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*krāsà”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 245: “f. ā (b)”