gulbis

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Latvian

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Gulbis

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (to flourish, shine, be joyful). Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian gulbìs (swan), Old Prussian gulbis (swan), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

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gulbis m (2nd declension)

  1. swan

Declension

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Lithuanian

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 gulbis on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Gulbis

Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (to flourish, shine, be joyful).[1] Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian gùlbis (swan), Old Prussian gulbis (swan), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

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gulbìs f (plural gulbys) stress pattern 4

  1. (dialectal) swan
    Synonym: gul̃bė (swan) (more common word)

Declension

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Noun

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gul̃bis m (plural gul̃biai) stress pattern 2

  1. (dialectal) swan
    Synonym: gul̃bė (swan), more common word

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References

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  • gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “gulbis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
  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