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Žiurna

ŽIÙRNA

Etymology

The origin is unclear. Perhaps with the suffix -na it is made surn. from look, look (see Žiūrỹs). For the derivation, cf. mēukna: to cry, kriuknà: to cry, to cry, šašnà: to shake, etc. ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Žiurnienė / Žiurnaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈʒʲʊ̟rnɐ/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. P. Skardžius, 1941, p. 218.