See also: geguže and gegužę

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. Compare Latvian dzeguze (cuckoo) and Old Prussian geguse (cuckoo), the latter attested in the Elbing Vocabulary.[1]

The "May" meaning is from the "cuckoo" meaning;[2] cuckoos were associated with the month of May in pagan times,[3] perhaps as the month when they most flourished.

Pronunciation

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  • gegužė̃ IPA(key): [ɡʲɛɡʊˈʒʲěː]
  • gegùžė IPA(key): [ɡʲɛˈɡʊʒʲeː]
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Noun

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gegužė̃ f (plural gẽgužės) stress pattern 3b or gegùžė f (plural gegùžės) stress pattern 2[4]

  1. May (fifth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  2. cuckoo (bird)

Declension

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  • (stress pattern 3b)
  • (stress pattern 2)

Note: The more common stress pattern is 3b.

Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gegužė̃ I”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 165
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gegužė̃ II”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 165-6
  3. ^ https://archive.ph/7f9UX
  4. ^ “gegužė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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