linksmas

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Lithuanian

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Linksmos merginos - Happy girls

Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *linksmas, synchronically analyzable as an adjectival formation in -mas from links-, itself a formation from liñkti (to bend, bow)[1] (see also linkė́ti (to wish)). The sense development would be along the lines of "flexible, bowing" > "expressing one's best wishes"[2] > "acceptable" > "pleasant" > "joyful".[3] Cognate with Latvian līksms (cheerful).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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linksmas m (feminine linksmà) stress pattern 4

  1. joyful; merry

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “liñksmas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 357
  2. ^ Jurij S. Stepanov (1992 January 31) “Lexical entries in major sentence types of Proto-Indo-European”, in Reconstructing Languages and Cultures, →DOI, page 181:e.g. linké̇ti, linki, 'Somebody bows, expressing his best wishes'
  3. ^ linksmas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012