lizdas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nisdá,[1] from Indo-European *ni-sd-óm.[1]
In Eastern Baltic languages the anlaut *n changed into *l due to contamination with *legʰ-.[2] Cognate with Latvian ligzda, Polish gniazdo,[1][3] Old English nest,[1] Latin nīdus (“abode”)[1] and Sanskrit नीड (nīḍá-).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlʲɪz̪d̪ɐs̪]
Noun
li̇̀zdas m (plural lizdai̇̃) stress pattern 4 [4]
- (of birds, bugs etc.) nest
- (figuratively, of louts etc.) nest
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | li̇̀zdas | lizdai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | li̇̀zdo | lizdų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | li̇̀zdui | lizdáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | li̇̀zdą | lizdùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lizdù | lizdai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | lizdè | lizduosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | li̇̀zde | lizdai̇̃ |
Synonyms
- (nest of birds, bugs): gūžta
Derived terms
- (reflexive verbs) lizdentis, lizduotis
- (adjective) lizdinis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 169. →ISBN
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “lìzdas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 383
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gniazdo”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 146
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 “lizdas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- “lizdas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN