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Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian dvaša (breath).[1][2][3] For the root see dvė̃sti (breathe, blow), daũsos (air), Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-.

Noun

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dvasià f (plural dvãsios) stress pattern 2

  1. spirit, soul (most senses)
  2. (dialectal) breath, breathing

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dvasia”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
  2. ^ dvãsas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 286 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ dvasia”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

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  • dvasia”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • dvasia”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024