lazda

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See also: lazdā and lazdą

Latvian

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 Lazdas on Latvian Wikipedia
Lazda

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Noun

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lazda f (4th declension)

  1. hazel (shrub or tree of genus Corylus)
    lazdas koksnehazel wood
    lazdas audzeshazel groves
    lazdas spurdzeshazel catkin

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lě̄skà (hazel),[1] seemingly from a Proto-Indo-European *lazdā-. Cognates include Latvian lazda (hazel), lagzda, as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *loza (vine) and Old Armenian լաստ (last, raft).[2]

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Noun

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lazdà f (plural lãzdos) stress pattern 4

  1. stick

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lazda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 2676-7
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “lazda”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press