daiktas
Lithuanian
Etymology
Nominal derivation from the same root as di̇́egti (“to sting”). For a semantic parallel, compare Latin pūnctum (“point”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdajktɐs]
Noun
dáiktas m (plural daiktai̇̃) stress pattern 3
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dáiktas | daiktai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dáikto | daiktų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dáiktui | daiktáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dáiktą | dáiktus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dáiktu | daiktai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | daiktè | daiktuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dáikte | daiktai̇̃ |
Derived terms
- daiktãvardis m (“noun”)
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dáiktas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 89-90
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “daiktas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 111