dėmė

See also: deme, déme, dėme, and dėmę

Lithuanian

Etymology

De-prefixing of núodėmė (sin), itself formed from a reanalysis of nusidėti (to sin) with omission of the reflexive particle si, the verb from nuõ (away from; for, against) + dėti (to place).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dʲeːˈmʲeː]

Noun

dėmė̃ f (plural dė̃mės) stress pattern 4

  1. stain
  2. sin

Declension

  • dėmėti

References

  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “dėmė̃”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 100
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