dažnas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Latvian dažs (“some, many”), Old Prussian kudesnammi (“so often”).

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Adjective

dãžnas m (feminine dažnà) stress pattern 4

  1. frequent
    Antonym: retas (“rare”)
    dažnas lietus ― frequent rain
  2. many (with a singular noun)
    dažnas žmogus gyvena mieste ― many people live in a city (literally, “a frequent person lives in a city”)
    dažną dieną lyja ― many days, it rains (literally, “on a frequent day, it rains”)

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