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Daukša Postilė 1599
Daukša is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Daukšienė (married woman or widow) and Daukšaitė (unmarried woman). The surname may refer to: *Mikalojus Daukša, Lithuanian writer *Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša, Lithuanian writer *Česlovas Daukša Česlovas Daukša (born 1916) is a Lithuanian former basketball player. He won gold medal with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937. Biography Daukša born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. After returning to Lithuani ..., Lithuanian basketball player {{DEFAULTSORT:Dauksa Lithuanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masculine
Masculinity (also called manhood or manliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles associated with men and boys. Masculinity can be theoretically understood as socially constructed, and there is also evidence that some behaviors considered masculine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. To what extent masculinity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate. It is distinct from the definition of the biological male sex, as anyone can exhibit masculine traits. Standards of masculinity vary across different cultures and historical periods. Overview Masculine qualities and roles are considered typical of, appropriate for, and expected of boys and men. Standards of manliness or masculinity vary across different cultures, subcultures, ethnic groups and historical periods. Traits traditionally viewed as masculine in Western society include strength, courage, independence, leadership, and assertiveness.Thomas, R. Murray (2001),Fe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuanian Name
A Lithuanian personal name, as in most European cultures, consists of two main elements: the given name () followed by the family name (). The usage of personal names in Lithuania is generally governed (in addition to personal taste and family custom) by three major factors: civil law, canon law, and tradition. Lithuanian names always follow the rules of the Lithuanian language. Lithuanian male names have preserved the Indo-European masculine endings (; ; ). These gendered endings are preserved even for foreign names. ''Vardas'' (given name) A child in Lithuania is usually given one or two given names. Nowadays the second given name is rarely used in everyday situations. As well as modern names, parents can choose a name or names for their child from a long list of traditional names; these include: * Lithuanian names of pre-Christian origin. These are the most ancient layer of Lithuanian personal names; a majority of them are dual- stemmed personal names, of Indo-European ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feminine
Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered feminine are influenced by both cultural factors and biological factors. To what extent femininity is biologically or socially influenced is subject to debate. It is conceptually distinct from both the female biological sex and from womanhood, as all humans can exhibit feminine and masculine traits, regardless of sex and gender. Traits traditionally cited as feminine include gracefulness, gentleness, empathy, humility, and sensitivity, though traits associated with femininity vary across societies and individuals, and are influenced by a variety of social and cultural factors. Overview and history Despite the terms ''femininity'' and ''masculinity'' being in common usage, there is little scientific agreement about what femininity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikalojus Daukša
Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include ''Mikalojus Daugsza'', pl, Mikołaj Dauksza and ''Mikolay Dowksza''; after 1527 – February 16, 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin religious writer, translator and a Catholic church official. He is best known as the first among Lithuania's humanists to underline the need to codify and promote the Lithuanian language over Chancery Ruthenian and Polish, which were in use in the Grand Duchy at the time. Daukša's Lithuanian translation of Jacob Ledesma's catechism became the first book in Lithuanian to be published in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Born probably after 1527 somewhere in the territory of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (in Babėnai?),As cited in: Daukša probably received his education in Vilnius and at one of the Western European Universities. He spoke several languages and had a personal library including books by Erasmus of Rotterdam and Philip Melanchthon. Daukša was a canon of Medininkai (nowadays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša
Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša (May 1836 1890) was a Lithuanian poet, translator, participant of 1863 Uprising. Biography Edvardas Daukša was born in Biržai and studied in the local gymnasium, later in Slutsk. He enrolled in the University of Moscow, and later moved to the University of Tartu. Until 1860 he studied philology at the University of Königsberg. From 1861 he lived in Vilnius, and participated in 1863 Uprising. For participating in the uprising he was sentenced to sixteen years of penal labour. Edvardas Jokūbas Daukša translated numerous works of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, George Gordon Byron and others. He wrote a grammar of the Lithuanian language Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern Baltic language belonging to the Baltic branch of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Lithuania and one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.8 millio ... ''Trumpa kalbmokslė liežuvio lietuviško'' (around 1856).Archivum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Česlovas Daukša
Česlovas Daukša (born 1916) is a Lithuanian former basketball player. He won gold medal with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937. Biography Daukša born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. After returning to Lithuania with his parents, he graduated six classes in Kaunas Aušra gymnasium. Later he worked at "Spindulys" printing house. Despite playing football from an early age, in 1935 he became a basketball player and in the same year, he debuted in Lithuania national basketball team during painful loss to Latvia. After Konstantinas Savickas began training Lithuania national team, Lithuania game play improved drastically. Daukša was a member of Lithuania national team during EuroBasket 1937 and won gold medal with it. After World War II, he worked at Republican Physical Education and Sport Committee and other sports organizations. He retired in 1987 and currently lives in Kaunas Kaunas (; ; also see other names) is the second-largest city in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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