laimė
Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]Related to Latvian laime, Old Prussian laeims (laims, “rich”), with further origin disputed:[1]
- Per Fraenkel, from the same root as léisti (“to allow”). The verbal form is attested with a now-rare meaning of "to create", which Fraenkel uses to bolster his argument.
- Per Smoczynski, from a secondary o-grade of lémti (“to determine”).
It is worth noting that the root underlying this word also serves as the namesake of Laima, the Baltic goddess of fate and pregnancy.
Noun
[edit]laimė f (plural laimės)
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | laimė | laimės |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | laimės | laimių |
| dative (naudininkas) | laimei | laimėms |
| accusative (galininkas) | laimę | laimes |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | laime | laimėmis |
| locative (vietininkas) | laimėje | laimėse |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | laime | laimės |
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laimė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 269-70