gaisas

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === Cognate with Latvian gàiss (“air, atmosphere, sky”); further origin outside of Baltic uncertain. Beekes tentatively derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeh₂i-so- and connects Ancient Greek φαιός (phaiós, “(dark) gray, blackish”); this is formally acceptable, but the semantic link is rather tenuous. Derksen tentatively rejects the above derivation, and espouses Fraenkel's traditional derivation from an unattested Lithuanian *gaid-sas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰh₂eyd-, whence also giẽdras (“clear”), Ancient Greek φαιδρός (phaidrós, “bright, beaming”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡɐɪ̯ˑs̪ɐs̪] === Noun === gai̇̃sas m (plural gaisai̇̃) stress pattern 4 glow, light, gleam beam, ray atmosphere ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “gaisas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 “gaisas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012