sidabras

Lithuanian

Etymology

A wanderword from a non-Indo-European language, perhaps originally substrate. Compare Latvian sidrabs, Proto-Slavic *sьrebro.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [s̪ʲɪˈd̪äːbr̺ɐs̪]

Noun

sidãbras m (uncountable) stress pattern 2

  1. silver
  2. (heraldry) argent

Declension

Declension of sidãbras
nominative sidãbras
genitive sidãbro
dative sidãbrui
accusative sidãbrą
instrumental sidabrù
locative sidabrè
vocative sidãbre

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sidabras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396
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