kraujas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kraujas, from Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- (“blood of a wound”). Cognate with Old Prussian crauyo, Proto-Slavic *kry, Sanskrit क्रविस् (kravis), Greek κρέας (kréas).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [krɒ͜úˑjæs]
Noun
kraũjas m (plural kraujai̇̃) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kraũjas | kraujai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kraũjo | kraujų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kraũjui | kraujáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kraũją | kraujùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kraujù | kraujai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kraujujè | kraujuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kraũjau | kraujai̇̃ |
Notes
An alternative locative singular kraujyjè (as if kraujas belonged to the -ias declension) can also be used.[2]
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “kraujas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
- ^ Terje Mathiassen (1996), A Short Grammar of Lithuanian[1], Columbus, Ohio: Slavica Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, page 41