Lietuva
Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as leitis (“Lithuanian”) (q.v.): *leit-, from which also liet (“to pour”), lietus (“rain”)) (q.v.). First mentioned in Nestor's Chronicle (in Old Church Slavonic) as Литьва (Litьva), from an earlier *Lētuvā, apparently from *leit- with a suffix (perhaps + -uve). Cognates include Lithuanian Lietuvà.[1]
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Lietuva f (4th declension)
Declension
Declension of Lietuva (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Lietuva | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Lietuvu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Lietuvas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Lietuvai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Lietuvu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Lietuvā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Lietuva | — |
Synonyms
Related terms
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “lietuvieši”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liɛtuvɑ/
Declension
See also
- Lietova (Samogitian)
See also
- (countries of Europe) Europos šalis; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija
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