beveik

Lithuanian

Etymology

From be- +‎ véik.[1]

Adverb

bevéik

  1. almost, nearly
    Jis lietuviškai kalba beveik taip, lyg ši kalba būtų jo gimtoji kalba.
    He speaks Lithuanian almost as if it were his mother tongue.

Synonyms

References
  1. Jānis Endzelīns (transl. W. R. Schmalstieg & B. Jēgers) (1971) Comparative phonology and morphology of the Baltic languages, De Gruyter, →ISBN, 85.e.1, page 78

Further reading
  • “beveik”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “beveik”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
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