kepurė

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian cȩpure (cap, hat, hood), and possibly from the same stem as Proto-Slavic *čepьcь (bonnet), Ancient Greek σκέπη (sképē, cover), σκέπᾰς (sképas, covering), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep-.[1][2] Albanian kërpudhë (mushroom) and Old Armenian կոպ (kop, eyelid) have also been linked.

Noun

kepùrė f (plural kepùrės) stress pattern 2

  1. cap (headwear)
  2. cap (covering, top part of something)
    grybo kepurėmushroom cap

Declension

Derived terms

  • kepurėlė
  • kepuraitė

See also

References

  1. kepùrė” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 551 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  2. kepurė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

  • kepurė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • kepurė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
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