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Bekintis

BEKIÑTIS

Etymology

K. It is in this surn. writes Bėkiñtis and considers it a conjugation: Bė-kiñtis, where the first syllable bē- will be a dialectic from bie- ¹. Then we could connect sanda bie- with bei-: Bei̇̃-noras (see) and so on. For others, see Kántautas.

Feminine FORMS

Bekintienė / Bekintytė

Pronunciation

/bʲɛ²ˈkʲɪnʲˑtʲɪs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. K. Būga, 1958, p. 256.