spauda

Lithuanian

Spauda

Etymology

Related to spáusti (“to press, squeeze”), spūdà (“pressure”), from Proto-Indo-European *spewd-.

Noun

spaudà f (plural spaũdos) stress pattern 4

1. printing (e.g., of books)
2. print, the press (printed literature, periodicals, etc.)

   Synonyms: raštija, literatūra

   spaudos laisvė ― freedom of the press

3. (rare or archaic) physical pressure

Declension

Declension of spaudà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	spaudà	spaũdos
genitive (kilmininkas)	spaudõs	spaudų̃
dative (naudininkas)	spaũdai	spaudóms
accusative (galininkas)	spaũdą	spaudàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	spaudà	spaudomìs
locative (vietininkas)	spaudojè	spaudosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	spaũda	spaũdos

Further reading

• “spauda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024