dažnas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Possibly cognate with Latvian dažs (some, many), Old Prussian kudesnammi (so often). Further origin outside of Baltic unclear;[1] Mažiulis derives the word and its cognates from an unattested verb related to dė́ti (to place, lay, put).[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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dãžnas m (feminine dažnà) stress pattern 4

  1. frequent
    Antonym: retas (rare)
    dažnas lietusfrequent rain
  2. many (with a singular noun)
    dažnas žmogus gyvena miestemany people live in a city (literally, “a frequent person lives in a city”)
    dažną dieną lyjamany days, it rains (literally, “on a frequent day, it rains”)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dãžnas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 96
  2. ^ dažnas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

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