Lietuva

See also: Lietuvą and Lietuvā

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LatvianEdit

Lietuva (Eiropā)

Lietuvas karogs

EtymologyEdit

From the same stem as leitis (“Lithuanian”) (q.v.): *leit-, from which also liet (“to pour”), lietus (“rain”)) (q.v.). First mentioned in Nestor's Chronicle (in Old Church Slavonic) as Литьва (Litьva), from an earlier *Lētuvā, apparently from *leit- with a suffix (perhaps +‎ -uve). Cognates include Lithuanian Lietuvà.

PronunciationEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Lietuva f (4th declension)

1. Lithuania (country in the Baltic region of Europe, with Vilnius as its capital)

   Lietuvas karogs ― the flag of Lithuania

   Lietuvas teritorija ― the territory of Lithuania

   Lietuva ir valsts Baltijas jūras austrumu krastā ― Lithuania is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic sea

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Lietuva (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Lietuva	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Lietuvu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Lietuvas	—
dative (datīvs)	Lietuvai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Lietuvu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Lietuvā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Lietuva	—

SynonymsEdit

• Lietuvas Republika

Related termsEdit

• leitis, leitiete
• lietuvietis, lietuviete
• lietuvis, lietuve
• lietuvisks
• lietuviešu valoda, leišu valoda

ReferencesEdit

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LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with lietus (“rain”). Cognates in other languages include Latvian Lietuva.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /liɛtuvɑ/

Proper nounEdit

Lietuvà f

1. Lithuania

DeclensionEdit

    declension of Lietuva

nominative	Lietuva
genitive	Lietuvos
dative	Lietuvai
accusative	Lietuvą
instrumental	Lietuva
locative	Lietuvoje
vocative	Lietuva

See alsoEdit

• Lietova (Samogitian)

See alsoEdit

• (countries of Europe) Europos šalis; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija

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Northern SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Lietuva

1. Lithuania