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Kvestys

KVESTỸS

Etymology

Cf. lit. invite „kvieslys“ (LKŽ VI 1080), Latv. Kvasts ¹, German. Quast ², Polish. Kwast // Chwast ³.

Feminine FORMS

Kvestienė / Kvestytė

Pronunciation

/kʋʲɛ²ˈsʲtʲiːs/

SOURCES

1. LAG 273, 275.

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 475.

3. S. Rospond, 1967, p. 132.