žvairas

Etymology
Of disputed origin:
 * Smoczynski derives the word from, which he considers an o-grade of an unattested , an alternate zero-grade of the root underlying.
 * Fraenkel compares the word to, ; this is semantically and morphologically unclear. Another theory from Fraenkel takes the word as a ž-prefixed formation from (whence ); this is formally very ad hoc.
 * Though apparently not mentioned in the literature, perhaps a syncopated derivative (a la ) from, thus literally "fish-eyed" > "cross-eyed". This is semantically appealing. There is a possibility that these listed theories have all conflated and contributed to the formation of the word.

Adjective

 * 1) cross-eyed
 * 2) squint-eyed
 * 3) looking askance or indirectly
 * 4) crooked