kairė

Lithuanian

Etymology

A derivative of kreĩvas (“crooked, curved; wrong”), with dissimilation of the *kr- > k-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐɪ̯ˑˈrʲeː]

Noun

kairė̃ f (plural kaĩrės) stress pattern 4

  1. left (direction)
    Coordinate term: dešinė

Declension
Declension of kairė̃
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kairė̃ kaĩrės
genitive (kilmininkas) kairė̃s kairių̃
dative (naudininkas) kaĩrei kairė́ms
accusative (galininkas) kaĩrę kairès
instrumental (įnagininkas) kairè kairėmìs
locative (vietininkas) kairėjè kairėsè
vocative (šauksmininkas) kaĩre kaĩrės

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 218-9
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