mudrus
Lithuanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Cognate with Latvian mudrs (“quick, lively, cheerful”). From Proto-Indo-European *mud-rós (“happy, cheerful”), from the root *mewd- (“to become happy”),[1][2][3] whence also Sanskrit मुद्र (mudrá, “joyous, glad”).
Adjective edit
mudrùs m (feminine mudrì, neuter mudrù) stress pattern 4
- nimble, agile, swift, quick
- alert, vigilant
- fancy, elaborate, elegant, beautiful
- Synonyms: prašmatnùs, puošnùs, elegántiškas
- arrogant, haughty, proud
- Synonym: išdidùs
Declension edit
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), “*meu̯d-”, in Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 443
- ^ “mudrùs” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 772–773 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mudrus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
Further reading edit
- “mudrus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024