Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bliskas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰliǵ-sko-. Equivalent to blizgė́ti (to shine) +‎ -as. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *blěskъ, *blьskъ.

Noun

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blìzgas m (plural blìzgai) stress pattern 3

  1. (dialectal) shine, glimmer

Inflection

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “blizgas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 95