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Dreimantas

DREĨMANTAS

Etymology

Most likely, it is not Baltic Baltic, but a later rework from Drei̇̃manas (see) - perhaps through the dialectal gender Drei̇̃manc < Latv. Dreimans, which was restored to Lithuanian as Drei̇̃mantas ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Dreimantienė / Dreimantaitė

Pronunciation

/²ˈdʲrʲɛɪˑmɐntɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. in the dialect, this gender would also be Drei̇̃manc.