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Sabataitis

SABATÁITIS

Etymology

Perhaps this is an example of nickname origin, which is associated with the Slavism sabatà „subata (šeštadienis)“ (LKŽ XII 2). Cf. still German < column Sobothe, Sabotta, Sabothe ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Sabataitienė / Sabataitytė

Pronunciation

/sɐbɐ¹ˈtɑˑɪtʲɪs/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 543.