vėžys
See also: Vėžys
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian vēzis. Further etymology uncertain, though ALEW hints at Sanskrit वाहक (vāhaka, “some poisonous insect”) and Persian گاز (gâz, “tongs, shears”) as possible cognates, in which case, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to go”).[1] However, compare Lithuanian žvėris (“beast”), which could be related if it was from an original stem *vzėris- reduced through metathesis zv → vz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vʲeːˈʒʲǐːs/
Noun
vėžỹs m (plural vėžiai̇̃) stress pattern 3
- (crustacean) crayfish
- žymėtasis vėžys ― signal crayfish
- upinis vėžys ― European crayfish (literally, “river crayfish”)
- (medicine, pathology) cancer
- krūties vėžys ― breast cancer
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | vėžỹs | vėžiai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | vė́žio | vėžių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | vė́žiui | vėžiáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | vė́žį | vė́žius |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | vė́žiu | vėžiai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | vėžyjè | vėžiuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | vėžỹ | vėžiai̇̃ |
Related terms
- Vėžys (Zodiac sign)
References
Further reading
- “vėžys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025