sargas

See also: ŝarĝas, sargās, and sárgás

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate to Latvian sar̂gs (watchman, guard), Old Prussian butsargs (housekeeper), possibly apisorx (kingfisher) < ape (river) + *sorgs. Presumably related to Proto-Slavic *stȏržь (guard), see sérgėti for further discussion.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɐ͡r.ɡɐs/

Noun

sárgas m (plural sárgai, feminine sárgė) stress pattern 3

  1. guard, keeper, custodian
    Ji̇̀s kai̇̃p šeimõs šuõ, kai̇̃p namų̃ sárgas. - He's equally a family dog as he is a guard dog.

Declension

Declension of sárgas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) sárgas sargai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas) sárgo sargų̃
dative (naudininkas) sárgui sargáms
accusative (galininkas) sárgą sárgus
instrumental (įnagininkas) sárgu sargai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas) sargè sarguosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) sárge sargai̇̃

Derived terms

  • kiemsargis
  • lietsargis
  • perkūnsargis
  • sargauti
  • sargienė
  • sarginis
  • sargyba
  • sargystė
  • sargšulis
  • sargus

Spanish

Noun

sargas f pl

  1. plural of sarga

Swedish

Verb

sargas

  1. inflection of sarga:
    1. infinitive passive
    2. present passive