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Greimas

GREĨMAS

Etymology

The connection with the eastern highlanders grė̃mas (< grejæs) „plona plėvelė ant šutinto, virinto pieno ar šiaip skystimo; plonas sluoksnis“ (LKŽ III 558) is doubtful. Could be a Germanism, cf. German Greim, Grieme, Griem, Greem ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Greimienė / Greimaitė

Pronunciation

/²ˈɡrʲɛɪˑmɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 301.