teisus
Appearance
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier *teisus, Proto-Balto-Slavic *teišus, and related to Old Prussian teisi (“honor”), Old Prussian teisingi (“worth”), Proto-Slavic *tixъ (“calm, still”).
By surface analysis, a nominal derivative of tei̇̃sti (“to judge, jury”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]teisùs m (feminine teisi̇̀) stress pattern 4
- fair, honest (of a person)
- true, accurate (of a statement, etc.)
- right, correct (of a person)
- just (of a cause or action)
- innocent
- Synonym: nekaltas
- not in debt
- Synonym: neskolingas
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “tei̇̃sti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 666
Further reading
[edit]- “teisus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- “teisus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012