Žygimantas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Composed of the two stems žygis (“salary”) +‎ mantà (“property”). Cognates include Belarusian Жыгімонт (Žyhimónt) and Polish Zygmunt.

Many scholars, including Raymond Schmittlein and Alfred Zenn, suggested that Žygimantas was borrowed from German Siegmund.[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Žygi̇̀mantas m (feminine Žygimantė, diminutive Zigmas) stress pattern 1

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Žygi̇̀mantas
nominative Žygi̇̀mantas
genitive Žygi̇̀manto
dative Žygi̇̀mantui
accusative Žygi̇̀mantą
instrumental Žygi̇̀mantu
locative Žygi̇̀mante
vocative Žygi̇̀mantai

References

  1. ^ Schmittlein R. Toponymes finnois et germaniques en Lituanie // Revue internationale d’onomastique. Nr. 2, 1948. P. 102.

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