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žodis

žodis

Lithuanian

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Noun

žõdis m ‎(plural žõdžiai) stress pattern 2

  1. word (smallest meaningful unit of speech)
  2. word, speech, utterance (act of speech, often as opposed to action)
    Apgìnti šãlį víen drąsių̃ žõdžių neužteñka. - Words are not enough to defend your country.
    Žõdžiù, ẽsame paténkinti pasirinkimù. - Basically (= in a word), we're satisfied with our choice.
  3. speech, the right to speak one's mind
    žõdžio láisvė - freedom of speech
  4. word, promise
    Dúok žõdį, kàd ateĩs. - Give me your word that you'll come.

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References

  1. ↑ Václav Blažek (2010) 'Lithuanian žodis "word"' in Baltistica, volume XLV(2), page 306
  2. ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 270

Etymology

An extended-grade deverbative < archaic žàsti ‎(“speak; awaken”); see žadė́ti ‎(“promise”). Cognate with Latvian zadinât ‎(“ridicule, blame; debate”). Blažek's connection with Ancient Greek γηθέω ‎(gēthéō, “be glad”), Tocharian A kācke ‎(“joy happiness”), Tocharian B katkauña ‎(“happiness”)[1] < Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂dʰ-[2] fails to explain the underlying short vowel, and is, on balance, semantically rather weak. The -õ- is a secondary lengthened grade, as is typical for deverbials in -is.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʐoː.dʲɪs/

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