mėnuo

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. Cognate with Latvian mēnesis, Latin mensis, Tocharian A mañ, Albanian muaj and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mė́nuo m (plural mė́nesiai) stress pattern 1

  1. (astronomy) moon
  2. month (a period of approximately 30 days)
    vienas mėnuo - a month
    šeši mėnesiai - six months
    dvylika mėnesių - twelve months
  3. month (one of the 12 divisions of the year)

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mėnuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312