Lietuva

== Latvian == === Etymology === From the same stem as leitis (“Lithuanian”) (q.v.): *leit-, from which also liêt (“to pour”), liêtus (“rain”)) (q.v.). First mentioned in Annals of Quedlinburg as (Litua, from an earlier *Lētuvā, apparently from *leit- with a suffix (perhaps +‎ -uve). Cognates include Lithuanian Lietuvà. More information at Name of Lithuania. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlīɛ̄tuva] === Proper noun === Liẽtuva f (4th declension) Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Lietuvas Republika) Lietuvas karogs ― the flag of Lithuania Lietuvas teritorija ― the territory of Lithuania Lietuva ir valsts Baltijas jūras austrumu krastā ― Lithuania is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic sea ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== leitis, leitiete lietuvietis, lietuviete lietuvis, lietuve lietuvisks lietuviešu valoda, leišu valoda === See also === === References === == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From an earlier *Lētuvā, possibly from an earlier *Lietā or *Lētā with the suffix +‎ -uva, denoting a region (see Sūduva, *Jotuva (“region of the Yotvingians”)). Further etymology uncertain and debated, with several proposed etymologies: Most commonly, believed to have originated from the rivulet Lietauka from Old Lithuanian *Lietavà. Its etymology is unclear, but the root liet- likely comes from Proto-Balto-Slavic *l(e/o)ʔi-, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ley- (“to flow, pour, stream; to glide, slip, be slippery”), and is cognate with lietus (“rain”), lieti (“to pour”). It is an 11-kilometer-long rivulet in central Lithuania. According to Kazimieras Kuzavinis, this rivulet may have given its name to the surrounding territory, which includes nearby Kernavė, a medieval capital of Lithuania, and gradually expanded to become a name for the medieval Lithuanian state. According to Jan Otrębski, from an old name of the Neman river, *Leitā, attested in Alytus, from Old Lithuanian *Leitā (“city on the Leita river”). According to Simas Karaliūnas, from Old Lithuanian *lietā (“army, armed force”), from lieti (“to cast metal”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *ley- (“to flow, pour”). According to Artūras Dubonis, from leitis (“member of a social group in service of the monarch in Medieval Lithuania”). Popular etymologies connect it with lietus (“rain”). Compare Samogitian Lietova. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [lʲiɛtʊˈʋɐ] Rhymes: -ɐ Syllabification: Lie‧tu‧và === Proper noun === Lietuvà f (uncountable, relational adjective lietùviškas, demonym lietùvis, female demonym lietùvė) stress pattern 3a Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe; official name: Lietuvõs Respùblika) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Georgian: ლიეტუვა (lieṭuva) ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “Lietuvos vardas (Name of Lithuania)” in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia] Kuzavinis K., Lietuvos vardo kilmė // Lietuvos TSR aukštųjų mokyklų darbai. Kalbotyra, t. 10 (1964), p. 5−18, t. 17 (1967), p. 135−137. Dubonis, Artūras (1998). Lietuvos didžiojo kunigaikščio leičiai: iš Lietuvos ankstyvųjų valstybinių struktūrų praeities (in Lithuanian). Vilnius: Lietuvos istorijos instituto leidykla. p. 15. == Northern Sami == === Pronunciation === (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈlie̯tuːva/ === Proper noun === Lietuva Lithuania (a country in northeastern Europe) ==== Declension ==== ==== Further reading ==== Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland