lagaminas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an unattested *lagamas (laid, placed) + -inas (nominal suffix), the former component the present passive participle of an unattested *lagoti (to lie down), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lágīˀtei (to lay (something)), from Proto-Indo-European *logʰ-éye-ti, causative of *legʰ- (to lie). Cognate with Latvian lagaža (den, bed), Proto-Slavic *ložìti (to lay).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lagami̇̀nas m (plural lagami̇̀nai) stress pattern 2

  1. suitcase; portmanteau

Declension

Declension of lagami̇̀nas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) lagami̇̀nas lagami̇̀nai
genitive (kilmininkas) lagami̇̀no lagami̇̀nų
dative (naudininkas) lagami̇̀nui lagami̇̀nams
accusative (galininkas) lagami̇̀ną lagaminùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) lagaminù lagami̇̀nais
locative (vietininkas) lagaminè lagami̇̀nuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) lagami̇̀ne lagami̇̀nai

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lagami̇̀nas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 331-2