tikras

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === Related to the verb tikė́ti (“to believe”). Cognate with Latvian tikrs (“good, sound”). Could be also cognate to Proto-Indo-European *-teros (“especially such”), with maybe epenthetic /k/ similarly to that as in krikštas (“baptism”) (from Old Church Slavonic крьстъ (krĭstŭ)). === Adjective === ti̇̀kras m (feminine tikrà) stress pattern 4 correct, true jõ tikróji prigimti̇̀s ― his true nature authentic, genuine tikràsis gyvẽnimas ― real life certain tám ti̇̀kro ámžiaus žmónės ― people of a certain age ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “tikras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 “tikras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012