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teisus

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From earlier *teisus, Proto-Balto-Slavic *teišus, and related to Old Prussian teisi (honor), Old Prussian teisingi (worth), Proto-Slavic *tixъ (calm, still).

By surface analysis, a nominal derivative of teĩsti (to judge, jury).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

teisùs m (feminine teisì) stress pattern 4

  1. fair, honest (of a person)
    Synonyms: teisingas, sąžiningas, doras
    teisus žmogus niekada nemeluojaan honest person never lies
  2. true, accurate (of a statement, etc.)
    Synonyms: tikras, tikslus
    jos žodžiai teisūsher words are right
  3. right, correct (of a person)
    ar teisus?am I right?
  4. just (of a cause or action)
    mūsų reikalas teisusour cause is just
  5. innocent
    Synonym: nekaltas
  6. not in debt
    Synonym: neskolingas

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “teĩsti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 666

Further reading

  • teisus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • teisus”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012