Gudija
See also: gudija
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From gudas (“Belarusian”) + -ija, from southeastern dialectal gudėti (“start speaking another dialect or language”). The prior meaning is believed to have been "foreigner, unable to speak Lithuanian"[1] (compare Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner, non-Slav, specifically of Germanic peoples”) from *němъ (“mute, unclear or incomprehensible speaker”)), and later narrowed to refer to East Slavic peoples specifically.
Further etymology unclear, but possibly from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta, “Goth”), first adopted to refer to the Goths, then - to foreign peoples in general.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʊ.dʲɪ.jɐ/
Proper noun
Gùdija f
- Belarus (a country in Eastern Europe)
Declension
| nominative | Gudija |
|---|---|
| genitive | Gudijos |
| dative | Gudijai |
| accusative | Gudiją |
| instrumental | Gudija |
| locative | Gudijoje |
| vocative | Gudija |
Synonyms
See also
- Ai̇̃rija
- Albãnija
- Andorà
- Armė́nija
- Áustrija
- Azerbaidžãnas
- Baltarùsija, Gùdija
- Bel̃gija
- Bòsnija ir̃ Hercegovinà
- Bulgãrija
- Čèkija
- Dãnija
- Èstija
- Grai̇̃kija
- Islándija
- Ispãnija
- Itãlija
- Jungti̇̀nė Karalỹstė
- Juodkalnijà
- Kazachstãnas
- Ki̇̀pras
- Kòsovas
- Kroãtija
- Lãtvija
- Lénkija
- Li̇̀chtenšteinas
- Lietuvà
- Liùksemburgas
- Málta
- Moldovà, Moldãvija
- Mònakas
- Nýderlandai, Olándija
- Norvègija
- Portugãlija
- Prancūzijà
- Rumùnija
- Rùsija
- Sakartvèlas, Grùzija
- San Mari̇̀nas
- Ser̃bija
- Slovãkija
- Slovė́nija
- Súomija
- Šiáurės Makedònija
- Švèdija
- Šveicãrija
- Tur̃kija
- Ukrainà
- Vatikãnas
- Veñgrija
- Vokietijà
References
- ^ Kamuntavičius, Rūstis (2021) “Dėl Gudijos pavadinimo”, in VLKK[1], National Commission on the Lithuanian Language, archived from the original on 1 January 2022
- ^ Gudavičius, Edvardas ((Can we date this quote?)) “Gudai”, in VLE, Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija