baltas

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Latvian

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Adjective

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baltas

  1. inflection of balts:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. nominative/accusative plural feminine

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bálˀtas (faint, white) (compare Latvian balts), which is generally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (white) and compared with Proto-Slavic *bòlto (swamp; mud); see there for more discussion on the root.[1] Compare also Proto-Slavic *bělъ (white).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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báltas m (feminine baltà, neuter balta) stress pattern 3

  1. white

Declension

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Antonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “baltas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 80