vaistas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From an earlier *vaid-tas, interpreted as "knowledge (regarding diseases and how to treat them)", from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (to know, see). Cognate with Old Prussian waist (to know).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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váistas m (plural váistai) stress pattern 1

  1. medicine, medication
  2. drug

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “váistas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 713