nuostabus

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Related to núostaba (wonder), from nuõ (off, against) + stab-, the o-grade of the root underlying stebė́ti (to observe).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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nuostabùs m (feminine nuostabì, neuter nuostabù) stress pattern 4

  1. excellent, wonderful

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “stebė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 598-9

Further reading

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