From the same stem asleitis(“Lithuanian”) (q.v.):*leit-, from which alsoliet(“to pour”),lietus(“rain”)) (q.v.). First mentioned inAnnals of Quedlinburg as (Litua, from an earlier*Lētuvā, apparently from*leit- with a suffix (perhaps +-uve). Cognates includeLithuanianLietuvà.[1] More information atName of Lithuania.
Lietuva f (4th declension)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Lietuva | — |
| genitive | Lietuvas | — |
| dative | Lietuvai | — |
| accusative | Lietuvu | — |
| instrumental | Lietuvu | — |
| locative | Lietuvā | — |
| vocative | Lietuva | — |
From an earlier*Lētuvā, possibly from an earlier*Lietā or*Lētā with the suffix +-uva, denoting a region (seeSūduva,*Jotuva(“region of theYotvingians”)).
Further etymology uncertain and debated, with several proposed etymologies:
Popular etymologies connect it withlietus(“rain”).
CompareSamogitianLietova.
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Lietuvà f (uncountable,related adjectivelietùviškas,demonymlietùvis,female demonymlietùvė) stress pattern 3a
| nominative | Lietuvà |
|---|---|
| genitive | Lietuvõs |
| dative | Li̇́etuvai |
| accusative | Li̇́etuvą |
| instrumental | Li̇́etuva |
| locative | Lietuvojè |
| vocative | Li̇́etuva |
Lietuva
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| Nominative | Lietuva | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Lietuva | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | Lietuva | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | Lietuva | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | Lietuva | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | Lietuvii | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Locative | Lietuvas | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | Lietuvain | — | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | Lietuvan | |||||||||||||||||||||
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