gatvė

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See also: gatve and gatvę

Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German gāte + -vė,[1] from Proto-Germanic *gatwǭ (street, passage). Compare Latvian gate, gatva, gatve.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gãtvė f (plural gãtvės) stress pattern 2

  1. street
  2. (regional) drove (road or track along which cattle are habitually driven)

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “gãtvė”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 161