blaivas

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by MewBot (talk | contribs) as of 12:23, 11 May 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. whitish, blue, sober

Inflection

References

  • 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