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gervė

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀ(ō)was, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely; crane”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *žeravь (“crane (bird)”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gérvė f (plural gérvės) stress pattern 1

  1. crane (bird)

Declension

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Declension of gérvė
singular plural
nominative gérvė gérvės
genitive gérvės gérvių
dative gérvei gérvėms
accusative gérvę gérves
instrumental gérve gérvėmis
locative gérvėje gérvėse
vocative gérve gérvės

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “gervė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 172-3
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