tribalsis
Lithuanian
Etymology
From tyrs (“three”) + balsis (“vowel”).
Noun
tri̇̀balsis m (plural tri̇̀balsiai) stress pattern 1
- triphthong (combination of three vowels)
- Synonym: triftongas
- Hypernym: trigarsis (“combination of three sounds”)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | tri̇̀balsis | tri̇̀balsiai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | tri̇̀balsio | tri̇̀balsių |
| dative (naudininkas) | tri̇̀balsiui | tri̇̀balsiams |
| accusative (galininkas) | tri̇̀balsį | tri̇̀balsius |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | tri̇̀balsiu | tri̇̀balsiais |
| locative (vietininkas) | tri̇̀balsyje | tri̇̀balsiuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | tri̇̀balsi | tri̇̀balsiai |
See also
- dvibalsis (see there for more)
Further reading
- “tribalsis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025