aibė

Lithuanian

Aibių (2) sankirta -
Intersection of sets

Etymology

Related to eibė (“multitude; harm”), from eiti (“to go”).[1] Compare also eilė (“row, sequence, line”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈä̂ˑɪ̯.bʲeː]

Noun

áibė f (plural áibės) stress pattern 1

  1. multitude, large quantity, heaps, loads
    aibė žmonių ― a multitude of people
    Synonyms: daugybė, (rare) aimė
  2. (mathematics) set (collection of objects)
    aibių teorija ― set theory

Declension

References

  1. Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “aibė; eibė”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Further reading

  • “aibė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
  • “aibė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
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