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Šuminas

ŠÙMINAS

Etymology

Cf. Šū̃minas (see), further cf. Brus Шум, Ukr. Шум ¹, Russian. Шумин (CAМC IV 810) etc.♦ May be from lit. Slavic šùminti, šùmytidūkti, šėlti, smarkauti, triukšmauti; triukšmingai ūžti“ (LKŽe). On the other hand, it is believed that there may be a two-stem pers.n.: Šù-minas, the meaning of the first word of which has faded ². In this case, for the second contract, see Mingáila

Feminine FORMS

Šuminienė / Šuminaitė

Pronunciation

/ˈʃʊmʲɪnɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 483.

2. Z. Zinkevičius, 2008, 146, 250.