kemsas
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal, Samogitia) kęsas
Etymology
An s-extension to the root *kam- in kamuolỹs (“ball”), kami̇́enas (“trunk”).[1]
Noun
kémsas m (plural kemsai̇̃) stress pattern 3
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kémsas | kemsai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kémso | kemsų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kémsui | kemsáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kémsą | kémsus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kémsu | kemsai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kemsè | kemsuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kémse | kemsai̇̃ |
Derived terms
- kemsynas
- kemsynė
- kemsys
- kemsuotas
References
Further reading
- “kemsas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “kémsas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 239