lizdas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nisdá[1], from Indo-European *ni-sd-óm[1].

In Eastern Baltic languages the anlaut *n changed into *l.. Cognate with Latvian ligzda, Polish gniazdo[1][2], Old English nest[1], Latin nīdus (abode)[1] and Sanskrit नीड (nīḍá-)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlʲɪz̪d̪ɐs̪]

Noun

lìzdas m (plural lizdaĩ) stress pattern 4 [3]

  1. (of birds, bugs etc.) nest
    šarkos/varnos lizdas[3] - a magpie's/crow's nest
    bičių/širšių/vapsvų lizdas - a bee/hornet/wasp nest
  2. (figuratively, of louts etc.) nest

Declension

Synonyms

  • (nest of birds, bugs): gūžta
Derived terms
  • (reflexive verbs) lizdentis, lizduotis
  • (adjective) lizdinis

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169. →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), gniazdo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 146
  3. “lizdas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “lizdas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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