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Daina

Daina

See also: daina

Latvian

Proper noun

Daina f

  1. A female given name.

Related terms

References

  • Klāvs Siliņš: Latviesu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, ISBN 5-7966-0278-0
  • Population Register of Latvia: Daina was the only given name of 5031 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.

daina

daina

See also: Daina

Hausa

Verb

dainā̀ (grade 1)

  1. to quit doing, to cease

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dainā (compare Latvian daĩn̨a), from *deî- (to sing, dance) (compare Latvian diêt), from Proto-Indo-European *dih₁- (move swiftly) (compare Old Irish dían (fast), Ancient Greek δίω (díō, I run away, flee), Sanskrit दीयति (dīyati, he soars)). Cf. also Romanian doină.

Pronunciation

  • (dainà) IPA(key): [d̪ɐɪ̯ˑˈn̪ɐ]
  • (dna) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ɐɪ̯ˑn̪ɐ]

Noun

dainà f (plural daĩnos) stress pattern 4 [1]

  1. (music) song
    liaudies dainos - folksongs
    dainą dainuoti[2] - to sing a song

Declension

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Derived terms
  • (nouns) dainininkas m/dainininkė f, dainius m/dainė f
  • (verb) dainuoti

References

  1. “daina” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  2. “dainuoti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.