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Rimgaila

RIMGÁILA

Etymology

Compound example: Rim-gáila. For rim- cf. lit. surn. Ri̇̀mantas < *Ri̇̀m-mantas, Rim-ant-ovičius, Ri̇̀m-vydas, Ri̇̀n-tautas < *Rim-tautas (see), lit. pers.n. Ri̇̀m-kantas, Ri̇̀m-nation ¹. Sandas rim- also occurs in the second case of compound personal nouns: lit. surn. Bùt-rim, But-ri̇̀m, But-rim-ãvičius, Ganḋ̀m, Gand-rim-ãvičius, Ged-ri̇̀m, Kánt-rim, Kañt-rim, Kant-ri̇̀m, Koñt-rim, Kont-ri̇̀mt, Kuñt-rim, Kunt-ri̇̀m, Kant-rim-ãvičius, Kont-rim-ãvičius, Mañt-rim, Mant-ri̇̀mas, Mant-rim-ãvičius, Moñt-rim, Mont-ri̇̀mas, Mont-rim-ãvičius, Pùt-rim, Taut-rim (see). Sandas rim- is associated with lit. ri̇̀mti, calm, etc. ². For -gail- see Bargáila.

Feminine FORMS

Rimgailienė / Rimgailaitė

Pronunciation

/rʲɪm¹ˈɡɑˑɪlɐ/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. A. Salys, 1933, p. 92.

2. A. Salys, 1933, p. 92; К. Kuzavinis, B. Savukynas, 1971, p. 131.