See also: gėdą

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Probably from Proto-Indo-European *gʷewH- (to defecate). Cognate with Old Prussian gīdan (shame, disgrace), as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *gadъ (creepy creature), Proto-West Germanic *kwād (evil),[1] Proto-Slavic *govьno (crap, turd).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gė́da f stress pattern 1[2]

  1. shame[3]

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gėda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 167
  2. ^ Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN