See also: pusis and puŝis

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pewḱ- (pine).[1][2] Cognate with Old Prussian peuse (pine).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pušìs f (plural pùšys) stress pattern 4

  1. (botany) (Pinus) pine tree[3]

Usage notes

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Note the irregular genitive plural, pušų̃, rather than the expected *pušių̃.

Declension

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Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “priede”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pušis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 373-4
  3. ^ “pušis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN