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==Lithuanian==
==Lithuanian==

===Etymology===
{{com|lt|pusė|sala|t1=half|t2=island}}, {{calque|lt|la|paeninsula|nocap=1}}. Compare similar calques in {{cog|lv|pussala}}, more distant {{cog|zh|半島}}, {{cog|da|halvø}}, {{cog|de|Halbinsel}}, {{cog|pl|półwysep}}, {{cog|ru|полуо́стров}}, and so on.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{lt-noun|m|head=pùsiasalis|pusiasaliai|1}} or {{lt-noun|m|head=pusiãsalis|pusiasaliai|1}}
{{head|lt|noun}}


# [[peninsula]]
# [[peninsula]]

====Declension====
''pùsiasalis:''
{{lt-noun-m-is-1|pusiasal|pùsiasal}}
''pusiãsalis:''
{{lt-noun-m-is-1|pusiasal|pusiãsal}}

===References===
* {{R:LKZ}}
* {{R:lt:DŽ}}


{{C|lt|Landforms}}
{{C|lt|Landforms}}

Latest revision as of 21:58, 27 April 2024

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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pusė (half) +‎ sala (island), calque of Latin paeninsula. Compare similar calques in Latvian pussala, more distant Chinese 半島半岛 (bàndǎo), Danish halvø, German Halbinsel, Polish półwysep, Russian полуо́стров (poluóstrov), and so on.

Noun

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pùsiasalis m (plural pusiasaliai) stress pattern 1 or pusiãsalis m (plural pusiasaliai) stress pattern 1

  1. peninsula

Declension

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pùsiasalis:

pusiãsalis:

References

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  • pusiasalis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • pusiasalis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024