spauda

Lithuanian

Spauda

Etymology

Related to spáusti (“to press, squeeze”), spūdà (“pressure”), from Proto-Indo-European *spewd-.

Noun

spaudà f (plural spaũdos) stress pattern 4

1. printing (e.g., of books)
2. print, the press (printed literature, periodicals, etc.)

   Synonyms: raštija, literatūra

   spaudos laisvė ― freedom of the press

3. (rare or archaic) physical pressure

Declension

Declension of spaudà

	singular	plural
nominative	spaudà	spaũdos
genitive	spaudõs	spaudų̃
dative	spaũdai	spaudóms
accusative	spaũdą	spaudàs
instrumental	spaudà	spaudomi̇̀s
locative	spaudojè	spaudosè
vocative	spaũda	spaũdos

Further reading

• “spauda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026