lankas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”), compare Latvian lanka (“lowland”), Old Prussian lunkis (“angle”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic лѫкъ (lǫkŭ, “bow”), Belarusian and Russian лук (luk, “bow”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɫàŋ́kas/, [ɫɐ̀ŋ́ˑkɐs]
Noun
lañkas m (plural lankai̇̃) stress pattern 4[2]
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lañkas | lankai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lañko | lankų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | lañkui | lankáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | lañką | lankùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lankù | lankai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | lankè | lankuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | lañke | lankai̇̃ |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1895”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1895
- ^ “lankas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025