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ežys

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *ežis, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *eźis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰis (hedgehog). Cognate with Latvian ezis and Proto-Slavic *ežь.[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɛʒʲˈiːs/

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Noun

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ežỹs m (plural ežiaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. hedgehog

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ežys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 159-60