apskritis

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === From apskritas (“round, circular”), cf. skrieti (“rotate, circle, fly”), skriesti (“rotate, circle”), skristi (“fly”), Latvian skrìet (“go, run, fly”). === Noun === apskriti̇̀s f (plural ãpskritys) stress pattern 3b county (a first-level administrative division in Lithuania) Kauno apskritis ― Kaunas County ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Counties of Lithuania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “Lietuvos apskritys”, entry by Antanas Tyla & Stasys Vansevičius, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija [Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia] “apskritis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 “apskritis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026