Gudija
See also: gudija
Lithuanian

Gudija
Etymology
From Lithuanian gudas (“Belarusian”), from southeastern dialectal gudėti (“start speaking another dialect or language”). The prior meaning is believed to have been "foreigner, unable to speak Lithuanian"[1] (compare Proto-Slavic *němьcь (“foreigner, non-Slav, specifically of Germanic peoples”) from *němъ (“mute, unclear or incomprehensible speaker”)), and later narrowed to refer to East Slavic peoples specifically.
Further etymology unclear, but possibly from Gothic *𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌰 (*guta, “Goth”), first adopted to refer to the Goths, then - to foreign peoples in general[2].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʊ.dʲɪ.jɐ/
Declension
declension of Gudija
nominative | Gudija |
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genitive | Gudijos |
dative | Gudijai |
accusative | Gudiją |
instrumental | Gudija |
locative | Gudijoje |
vocative | Gudija |
Synonyms
See also
- (countries of Europe) Europos šalis; Airija, Albanija, Andora, Armėnija, Austrija, Azerbaidžanas, Baltarusija, Belgija, Bosnija ir Hercegovina, Bulgarija, Čekija, Danija, Estija, Graikija, Gruzija, Gudija, Islandija, Ispanija, Italija, Jungtinė Karalystė, Juodkalnija, Kazachstanas, Kipras, Kroatija, Latvija, Lenkija, Lichtenšteinas, Lietuva, Liuksemburgas, Makedonija, Malta, Moldavija, Monakas, Nyderlandai, Norvegija, Portugalija, Prancūzija, Rumunija, Rusija, San Marinas, Serbija, Slovakija, Slovėnija, Suomija, Švedija, Šveicarija, Turkija, Ukraina, Vatikanas, Vengrija, Vokietija
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