narys

Cognate with Latvian naris (“pastern”). According to Derksen, related to nérti (“knit, weave, tie”). Per Smoczyński, from sąnarỹs (with loss of the prefix), from sunerti (“to tie up”).

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• IPA^(key): /n̪ɐˈrʲǐːs̪/

narỹs m (plural nariai̇̃, feminine narė̃) stress pattern 4

1. a joint (place of attachment of two or more components)
   1. (anatomy) joint

      Synonym: sąnarys

   2. (anatomy) knuckle
   3. (anatomy) ankle
   4. (horticulture, agriculture) joint of a straw; tuft
   5. chain link

      Synonym: grandis

   6. loop, knot, twine, node (of a rope)
2. (figurative) member (person who belongs to an organization, etc.)
3. an element, particle, component

• “narys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “narys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “narys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 329

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.rɘs/
• Rhymes: -arɘs
• Syllabification: na‧rys

narys m inan

1. diagram (drawing or sketch)

   Synonym: diagram

• narys in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• narys in Polish dictionaries at PWN