dalykas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From daly-, a root abstracted from dalýti (“to divide, distribute”). Cognate with Old Prussian dellijks (“article of faith”);[1] see also dali̇̀s (“part”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dɐˈlʲiːkɐs]
Noun
dalỹkas m (plural dalỹkai) stress pattern 2
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dalỹkas | dalỹkai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dalỹko | dalỹkų |
| dative (naudininkas) | dalỹkui | dalỹkams |
| accusative (galininkas) | dalỹką | dalykùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dalykù | dalỹkais |
| locative (vietininkas) | dalykè | dalỹkuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dalỹke | dalỹkai |
Synonyms
- (matter, issue): rei̇̃kalas
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “dalýti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 92