žemčiūgas

• žemčiūgà

From Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ), жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) (whence Russian же́мчуг (žémčug)), from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ) and Hungarian gyöngy), from Proto-Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (trin tsyu), 真珠 (tsyin tsyu, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū). Compare also Belarusian жэ́мчуг (žémčuh).

• IPA^(key): [ˈzʲɛm.tɕɪuː.ɡɐs]

žemčiū̃gas m (plural žemčiūgai) stress pattern 2 (nearly obsolete, proscribed)^[1]

1. pearl

   Synonym: (much more common) perlas

2. sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)

   Synonym: kvapusis pelėžirnis

• “žemčiūgas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “žemčiūgas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025