Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (similar, like). Cognate with Latvian līdzs (flat), līdzīgs (similar), Old Prussian polīgu (similarly). Further related to Proto-Germanic *galīkaz.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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lýgus m (feminine lýgi, neuter lýgu) stress pattern 3

  1. flat, even
  2. equal

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lygus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286