auskaras

Lithuanian

Etymology

From ausis (“ear”) and karoti (“to hang”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (aũskaras) IPA(key): [ˈâˑʊ̯skɐrɐs]

Noun

aũskaras m (plural auskarai̇̃) stress pattern 3b

  1. earring

Declension

Declension of aũskaras
singular
(vienaskaita) 		plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) aũskaras auskarai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas) aũskaro auskarų̃
dative (naudininkas) aũskarui auskaráms
accusative (galininkas) aũskarą aũskarus
instrumental (įnagininkas) aũskaru auskarai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas) auskarè auskaruosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) aũskare auskarai̇̃

References

  1. ^ Gintarė Judžentytė and Vilma Zubaitienė (2019) “The lexicon of the Lithuanian language in the 17-19th centuries”, in Francesc Feliu and Olga Fullana, editors, The Intricacy of Languages (IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature; 20)‎[1], John Benjamins, →DOI, →ISBN, page 168

Further reading

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