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Leiza

LEIZA

Etymology

Cf. lit. lei̇̃zis „kas mėgsta patinginiauti“ (LKŽ VII 297). But it can also be a Germanism, cf. German Leise, Leis, Lais ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Leizienė / Leizaitė

Pronunciation

/lʲɛɪzɐ/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 402.