geras

See also: Geras, géras, and gëras

Latin

Verb

gerās

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of gerō  "may you carry, may you bear; may you wear"

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to girti (to praise), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- (to welcome, greet, praise), or garėti (to evaporate), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (warm, hot).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲæɾɐs/

Adjective

gẽras m (feminine gerà, neuter gẽra) stress pattern 4

  1. good

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “gẽras”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 170
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 171

Portuguese

Verb

geras

  1. second-person singular present indicative of gerar
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