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Etymology

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A u-stem, replacing and related to the Old Lithuanian n-stem žmuõ, with a non-etymological suffix -g of unclear derivation (traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (to go) > góti).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žmogùs m (plural žmónės) stress pattern 4*

  1. human (a human being)
    žmogaus teisėshuman rights
  2. man

Usage notes

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  • This word is stressed under the 4th pattern in the singular number, and the 3rd pattern in plural.

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  • žmogus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • žmogus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “žmogus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 521