ašaka
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aś-aka-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognate with Latvian asaka (“fishbone”), Polish osoka (“water soldier”), Russian осо́ка (osóka, “sedge”), Belarusian асака́ (asaká, “id.”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ̌ːʃɐkɐ/
Noun
ãšaka f (plural ãšakos) stress pattern 1
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | ãšaka | ãšakos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | ãšakos | ãšakų |
| dative (naudininkas) | ãšakai | ãšakoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | ãšaką | ãšakas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | ãšaka | ãšakomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | ãšakoje | ãšakose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | ãšaka | ãšakos |
References
- “ašaka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “ãšaka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 47