Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From an earlier *pūt-slė̃, from the same root as pū̃sti (to blow). Cognate with Latvian puslis (blister; bladder); outside of Baltic, compare perhaps Proto-Slavic *puxlъ (chubby; empty).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pūslė̃ f (plural pū̃slės) stress pattern 4

  1. blister
  2. (esp. preceded by šlapìmo) bladder

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pūslė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373