spauda
Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to spáusti (“to press, squeeze”), spūdà (“pressure”), from Proto-Indo-European *spewd-.
Noun
spaudà f (plural spaũdos) stress pattern 4
- printing (e.g., of books)
- print, the press (printed literature, periodicals, etc.)
- Synonyms: raštija, literatūra
- spaudos laisvė ― freedom of the press
- (rare or archaic) physical pressure
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | spaudà | spaũdos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | spaudõs | spaudų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | spaũdai | spaudóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | spaũdą | spaudàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | spaudà | spaudomi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | spaudojè | spaudosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | spaũda | spaũdos |
Further reading
- “spauda”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025