adamantas
Lithuanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic adamantъ (adamantŭ), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). See the more modern form deimantas, from the same source through French.
Noun
adamantas m (archaic)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | adamantas | adamantai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | adamanto | adamantų |
| dative (naudininkas) | adamantui | adamantams |
| accusative (galininkas) | adamantą | adamantus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | adamantu | adamantais |
| locative (vietininkas) | adamante | adamantuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | adamante | adamantai |
Further reading
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “adamantas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, page 4