Lietuva

See also: Lietuvą and Lietuvā

Latvian

Lietuva (Eiropā)
Lietuvas karogs

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

(file)

Proper noun

Lietuva f (4th declension)

  1. Lithuania (country in the Baltic region of Europe, with Vilnius as its capital)
    Lietuvas karogsthe flag of Lithuania
    Lietuvas teritorijathe territory of Lithuania
    Lietuva ir valsts Baltijas jūras austrumu krastāLithuania is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic sea

Declension

Synonyms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), lietuvieši”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with lietus (rain). Cognates in other languages include Latvian Lietuva.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liɛtuvɑ/

Proper noun

Lietuvà f

  1. Lithuania

Declension

See also

See also


Northern Sami

Proper noun

Lietuva

  1. Lithuania

Further reading

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