jėga

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *jḗˀgāˀ, from *yēgʷeh₂ (“power, youthful strength”). Cognates include Latvian jēga (“meaning, sense, point”), Ancient Greek ἥβη (hḗbē, “power, youthful strength”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jeːˈɡɐ]

Noun

jėgà f (plural jė̃gos) stress pattern 2

  1. power, force
  2. (physics) force

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