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Kvira

KVIRA

Etymology

It would be possible to connect with Lieut. kvi̇̀rti (kvỹra) „glebti, nesveikuoti“ (LKŽ VI 1097), but this word is known only from southern Lithuania. Cf. still German Quiri: Quirinus ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Kvirienė / Kviraitė

Pronunciation

/kʋʲɪrɐ/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 476.