savigarba

Lithuanian

Etymology

By surface analysis, savi- +‎ garbė or pagarba (“honour”).

Noun

savìgarba f stress pattern 1

1. self-esteem, self-respect

   Žmogus be savigarbos niekam vertas.

   A person without self-respect is worthless.

Declension

    Declension of savìgarba

nominative	savìgarba
genitive	savìgarbos
dative	savìgarbai
accusative	savìgarbą
instrumental	savìgarba
locative	savìgarboje
vocative	savìgarba

References

• “savigarba”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “savigarba”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024