šeškas

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Šeškas

Etymology

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Assimilated from Proto-Balto-Slavic *žežkas, from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʰ)egʰ- (ferret), see also Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáǰʰukas (hedgehog, polecat).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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šẽškas m (plural šeškaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. polecat, ferret, Mustela putorius

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 424, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 424