laisva
Laisva is a term that appears in Baltic-language contexts and is most commonly understood as a lexical form related to freedom and openness. In Lithuanian, laisva is the feminine singular form of the adjective laisvas, meaning free or unconstrained. The related noun laisvė means freedom. The word shares its semantic field with cognates in related Baltic languages that express liberty or unconstraint.
In linguistic and cultural usage, laisva functions primarily as an ordinary descriptive term within sentences to
Because laisva is chiefly a lexical form rather than a widely recognized proper noun, there is no
See also: laisvė; freedom; Lithuanian language; Baltic languages.