širmas

See also: sirmas and sirmās

Lithuanian

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *ḱēy(w)-, *ḱyē(w)- (“grey, dark”), with a Baltic extension *-m-. Compare Latvian sirms (“gray”).
The closest cognate is Proto-Slavic *śěrъ, further cognates are Old Irish cīar (“dark”) and Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey”).

Adjective

širmas m

  1. grey
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