skleinīčė

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Samogitian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Apparently from dialectal Belarusian скленіца (skljenica) and dialectal Polish sklenica. By surface analysis, Old East Slavic стькло (stĭklo) +‎ -nīčė. Compare obsolete Lithuanian sklėnyčia, skleinyčia, (most likely) non-cognate Czech sklenice.

Noun[edit]

skleinīčė f

  1. glass (drinking vessel)

References[edit]

  • “Žemaičių Žodynas”, in Žemaičių žemė[1] (overall work in Lithuanian), 2012, page 23:Skleinīčė — stiklinė
  • sklėnyčia”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024