esybė

Lithuanian

Etymology

From the stem es- of the verb būti (“to be”), cf. esu (“I am”) + the suffix -ybė (“-ness; -ity”).

An equivalent construction exists in Latvian, although with a different sense: esība (“being, the fact of existing”).

Noun

esýbė f (plural esýbės) stress pattern 1

  1. entity (something or somebody that exists as an individual unit)
  2. being, creature

Declension

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