drugys

Lithuanian

Drugys

Etymology

Compare some Slavic languages (Polish drgać (“to tremble”)[1], dreszcz (“shudder”)[2], Russian дрожь (drožʹ, “shivering”)[2]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [drʊˈɡʲǐːs̪]

Noun

drugỹs m (plural drugiaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. malaria, fever[3]
  2. butterfly[3]
  3. moth[3]

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Derived terms

See also

  • pelėdgalviai

References

  1. ↑ Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “drgać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 97
  2. 1 2 “*drъžь” in Rick Derksen (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill: Leiden-Boston.
  3. 1 2 3 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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