Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Ambrazas links this suffix to dėti (put), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Suffix

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-ìdė f stress pattern 2

  1. forms nouns with the meaning "place to put something" (normally animals)
    arklys (horse) + ‎-idė → ‎arklidė (stable)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Saulius Ambrazas (2000), Daiktavardžių darybos raida [The evolution of noun formation], Vilnius