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==Pomorian==
===Alternative forms===
mę̄ši - in Ežerina and some Eastern dialects.

mėneši - in Southern and Central dialects.
===Etymology===
From Old Pomorian mēns/mēnans. Proto-Balto-Slavic *meˀns; compare with Old Prussian mēniks, Lithuanian mėnuo, Latvian mēness, Proto-Slavic *měsęcь (from earlier mēsenkan). From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s; compare with Latin mēnsis, Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Sanskrit मास (māsa) and Proto-Germanic *mēnōþs (“month”).

===Pronunciation===
/ˈmêː.nɑ/

===Noun===
mė͂na m ''(6th declension)''
#moon (the largest satellite of the Earth)
#: {{n-g|'mėnesy''' aztimva - '''lunar'}} eclipse
#: {{n-g|'mėnesy''' fazo - '''moon'}} phases
#(astronomy) moon, natural satellite (of another planet)
#: {{n-g|'mėna'}} Saturno - a moon of Saturn
===Declension===
{{Pm-noun-s-n-C1|mėn|mė͂n|}}
===Derived termes===
:  [[Contionary:mėnesine|mėnesine]] - lunar
:  [[Contionary:mėneskalendare|mėneskalendare]] - lunar calendar
:  [[Contionary:naujamėna|naujamėna]] - new moon (entirely invisible)
:  [[Contionary:vetuhamėna|vetuhamėna]] - old moon (visible only as a thin crescent oriented towards the sun)
:  [[Contionary:mėnasvėte|mėnasvėte]] - moonlight

[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Pomorian words]]