stiprus
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stiprus
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *steyb-, see also Old Armenian ստէպ (stēp, “speed, haste”) and Lithuanian staibus (“courageous, strong”). Compare Latvian stiprs.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stiprùs m (feminine stipri̇̀, neuter stiprù) stress pattern 4
- strong[2]
- (of a rate of flow) heavy
- stiprus lietus ― heavy rainfall
- stiprus kraujavimas ― heavy bleeding
Declension
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]Antonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- (Noun) stiprybė f
Related terms
[edit]- (Adverb) stipriai̇̃
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1015-16
- ^ “stiprus” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN