pelėda
See also: pelėdą
Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]pelė̃ (“mouse”) + ė́da (“(it) eats”), literally “mouse-eating”.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pelė́da f (plural pelė́dos) stress pattern 1
- owl
- (figuratively) an unattractive, unkempt, unrefined woman
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pelė́da | pelė́dos |
| genitive | pelė́dos | pelė́dų |
| dative | pelė́dai | pelė́doms |
| accusative | pelė́dą | pelė́das |
| instrumental | pelė́da | pelė́domis |
| locative | pelė́doje | pelė́dose |
| vocative | pelė́da | pelė́dos |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “pelė́da”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 447
