tikras

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian tikrs (good, sound). Related to the verb tikė́ti (to believe).

Adjective

tìkras m (feminine tikrà) stress pattern 4

  1. correct, true
  2. authentic, genuine
  3. certain

Declension

Derived terms

  • netikras (untrue)
  • tikrumas (reality, truth)
  • tikrovė (reality, facts)
  • tam tikras (particular)
  • tikrai (really, certainly)

Further reading

  • tikras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • tikras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “tikras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 465
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