laiškas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *leyd-sk-tos, from Proto-Indo-European *leyd- (to allow, let, release). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *listъ (leaf), Latvian laiska (leaf of a flax stalk), laiksne (white water-lily), and Old Prussian lāiskas (book). See also léisti (to let, allow).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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láiškas m (plural laiškaĩ) stress pattern 3

  1. letter (written message)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laiškas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 270–271