liesas

Lithuanian

Etymology

According to Kroonen, from a northern Indo-European root Proto-Indo-European *leh₂is- or *leh₃is-, shared with Old English læs (less).[1] This is also supported by Pokorny.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlîə.sɐs/

Adjective

líesas m (feminine liesà, neuter líesa) stress pattern 1

  1. lean, thin
  2. skinny
  3. (of dairy) skimmed, skim
  4. (of food) fat-free

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “661-62”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 661-62
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