gėda

See also: gėdą

Lithuanian

Etymology

If related to Proto-West Germanic *kwād (evil), Proto-Slavic *govьno (crap, turd), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₁dʰ- (to defile), from *gʷewh₁- (to crap, defecate).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲeːda/

Noun

gė́da f stress pattern 1[1]

  1. shame[2]

Declension

Derived terms

(Verbs)

  • gėdinti
    • (reflexive) gėdintis

(Verbs)

  • gėdėtis
  • gėdytis

References

  1. Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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