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Dygymas

DYGÝMAS

Etymology

Probably with a dialectal (long stressed) vowel y from *Dygi̇̀mas, cf. Digi̇̀mas (see). The origin is unclear. Perhaps a nickname from lit. dygi̇̀mas „kiaulės kaklo vieta, kur duria skersdami, and mėsa apie “ (LKŽ II 525).

Feminine FORMS

Dygymienė / Dygymaitė

Pronunciation

/dʲiː¹ˈɡʲiːmɐs/

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