blaivas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *blaiˀd-(w)á-s, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰloyd-(w)ó-s. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *blědъ, Proto-Germanic *blaitaz.

Adjective

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blaĩvas m (feminine blaivà, neuter blaĩva) stress pattern 4

  1. whitish, blue, sober

Inflection

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “blaivas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 92