avietė

Lithuanian

Etymology

Perhaps derived for its fluffy appearance from avis (“sheep”), with an unclear suffix -iẽtė (compare the demonymic suffix -iẽtis, -iẽtė).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɐˈvʲiə.teː]

Noun

aviẽtė f (plural aviẽtės) stress pattern 2

  1. (countable) raspberry (plant)
  2. (uncountable, collectively) raspberry (edible fruit of the plant)

Declension
declension of avietė
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) aviẽtė aviẽtės
genitive (kilmininkas) aviẽtės aviẽčių
dative (naudininkas) aviẽtei aviẽtėms
accusative (galininkas) aviẽtę avietès
instrumental (įnagininkas) avietè aviẽtėmis
locative (vietininkas) aviẽtėje aviẽtėse
vocative (šauksmininkas) aviẽte aviẽtės

References
  • Václav Machek (1961) Zum Wortschatz des Litauischen, ZfslPh 1961, XXIX (2), page 346
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