Lithuanian

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Etymology

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A wanderword from a non-Indo-European language, perhaps originally substrate. Compare Latvian sidrabs, Proto-Slavic *sьrebro.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʲɪ²ˈdɑːbrɐs]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːbrɐs
  • Syllabification: si‧dã‧bras

Noun

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sidãbras m (uncountable) stress pattern 2

  1. silver
  2. (heraldry) argent

Declension

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Declension of sidãbras
nominative sidãbras
genitive sidãbro
dative sidãbrui
accusative sidãbrą
instrumental sidabrù
locative sidabrè
vocative sidãbre

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “sidabras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 396