литва

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Old Ruthenian

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Etymology

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From Old East Slavic литъва (litŭva, Aukštaitians, Lithuanians), from Old Lithuanian Lietuvà.

Noun

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литва (litvaf inan (genitive литвы́, related adjective лито́вский)

  1. (collective) ethnic Lithuanians
  2. (collective) inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania

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Further reading

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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (1998), “литва”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 17 (лесничий – местский), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 65

Russian

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Etymology 1

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From Old East Slavic литъва (litŭva, Aukštaitians, Lithuanians), from Old Lithuanian Lietuvà.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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литва́ (litváf inan (genitive литвы́, uncountable)

  1. (historical) Baltic tribes around the Neman and Daugava river basins, predecessors of modern Lithuanians
Usage notes
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The plural is not attested.

Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Slavic *litva (downpour).[2]

Noun

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литва́ (litváf inan (genitive литвы́, nominative plural литвы́, genitive plural литв)

  1. (dialectal) downpour (heavy rain)
  2. (dialectal, collective) foundry workers at a factory
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References

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  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Литва́”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1988), “*litva/*litьba”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 15 (*lětina – *lokačь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 159