Mykolo Miežinio Lietuviszkai–latviszkai– lenkiszkai–rusiszko žodyno lietuviški ir latviški sinoniminiai bei variantiniai augalų vardai
Lithuanian and Latvian synonymous and variant names of plants in Lietuviszkai-latviszkai-lenkiszkai-rusiszkas žodynas by Mykolas Miežinis

Summary/Abstract: Lietuviszkai-latviszkai-lenkiszkai-rusiszkas žodynas (1894) by Mykolas Miežinis is one of the very few printed dictionaries from Lithuania proper in the 19th century. It contains a huge number of words from folk language which subsequently fell out of usage. Among other such words this dictionary presents names of plants in Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish and Russian. The article deals with Lithuanian and Latvian terms which have synonyms and variants. The attempt to establish what plants were named by words found in Miežinis’ dictionary was successful. There are very few names of plants in Latin in this dictionary; therefore it was not always easy to identify the plant under a particular name. In some cases Latvian names were helpful. In some cases Miežinis presented names of different plants as synonyms probably because these plants were not distinguished in the folk language and were named by similar names. There also are opposite cases when the same name was used for different plants.

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