lašas

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See also: lasas, läsas, and låsas

Lithuanian

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 Lašas on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Vandens lašas (1) - Drop of water

Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian làse (drop), as well as perhaps dialectal Russian ла́са (lása, shiny spot), лоса́ (losá, sunlit surface of water),[1] and ласит (lasit, to stain).[2] The Balto-Slavic words seem to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *leḱ- (to sprinkle (?)),[3] but further interpretation and cognates are unclear:

  • Often compared with lašišà (salmon); see Latvian lasis (salmon; (dialectal) drop) for more.[4][5]
  • Has been compared to Sanskrit लश (laśa, gum, resin) and लाक्षा (lākṣā, lac dye or bug);[6] the former is semantically bold, while the latter's origin is similarly murky, thus making formal analysis difficult.

Related to lašė́ti (to drip), and by surface analysis, a nominal formation from it.[7]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lãšas m (plural lašaĩ) stress pattern 4 (diminutive lašẽlis)

  1. drop[8]
  2. bit[8]

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ lãšas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 646 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  2. ^ lašėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lašė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 337-8
  4. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lašas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
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  6. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “lãšas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 341
  7. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lãšas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 337
  8. 8.0 8.1 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • lašas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • lašas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024