krosnis

See also: krosny

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to Latvian krāsns (stove, oven), with an original meaning of "pile of stones", likely related to Latvian krât (to collect, save, stack), Proto-Slavic *kràsti (to steal); see the latter for more.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

krósnis f (plural krósnys) stress pattern 1

  1. oven
  2. kiln

Declension

Declension of krósnis
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) krósnis krósnys
genitive (kilmininkas) krósnies krósnių
dative (naudininkas) krósniai krósnims
accusative (galininkas) krósnį krósnis
instrumental (įnagininkas) krósnimi krósnimis
locative (vietininkas) krósnyje krósnyse
vocative (šauksmininkas) krósnie krósnys

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “krosnis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 260