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vienas

Pronunciation: [¹ˈʋʲiɛnɐs]

“vienas” is a Lithuanian word. Its 6 meanings in English:

numeral

  1. one (1)

adjective

  1. one, only, sole, alone, single
  2. lone, solitary
  3. real, true (used as an intensifier)
  4. pure, intact (one without additives or alterations)

determiner

  1. one, some, certain (unspecified instant of something or someone)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aiˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos. Baltic cognates include Latvian viêns, Latgalian vīns, Old Prussian ains. Indo-European cognates include German eins, Latin ūnus, Russian оди́н (odín), Polish jeden. The initial v- is typical for East-Baltic cognates and plausibly comes from an undetermined particle; various theories suggest Lithuanian *visų- (“all”) (genitive…

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