kažkas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an unattested *kažikas (“someone, something”) (with syncope of the i), from *kažinkàs < kažin kàs, a univerbation of kàs (“who”) +‎ ži̇̀no (“knows”) +‎ kàs (“who/what”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɐʃˈkaːs/

Pronoun

kažkàs[2]

  1. something (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. somebody (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

As with ko and kieno, kažkieno is the possessive genitive and kažko is for other uses.

Declension

Declension of kažkàs
nominative kažkàs
genitive kažkõ, kažkienõ
dative kažkám
accusative kažką̃
instrumental kažkuõ
locative kažkamè
vocative –

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kažkàs”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 269
  2. ^ “kažkas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
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