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žentas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źénˀtas.[1] Akin to Latvian znots (probably influenced by Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-),[1] Polish zięć[1][2] and Serbo-Croatian zet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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žéntas m (plural žentai, feminine marti) stress pattern 1[3] or 3

  1. son-in-law[4]

Declension

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(stress pattern (1)):

(stress pattern (3)):

See also

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543. →ISBN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “zięć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 653
  3. ^ “žentas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. ^ “žentas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN