gerklė

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See also: gerkle and gerklę

Lithuanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtlá, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃-tló-m, from *gʷerh₃- (to devour, swallow).[1] Cognate with Polish źródło (source).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ɡʲɛrʲkʲˈlʲěː]

Noun[edit]

gerklė̃ f (plural gérklės) stress pattern 3 [2]

  1. throat
  2. (anatomy) trachea, windpipe

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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 559. →ISBN
  2. ^ “gerklė” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “gerklė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN