gulbė

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See also: gulbe and gulbę

Lithuanian

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Besiporuojančios Juodosios gulbės
Mating Black Swans

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (to flourish, shine, be joyful).[1]

Balto-Slavic cognates include dialectal Lithuanian gulbis, Latvian gùlbis (swan), Old Prussian gulbis (swan), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gul̃bė f (plural gul̃bės) stress pattern 2

  1. swan

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “366-67”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 366-67