burtas
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian burts; see there for more.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʊɾtɐs/
Noun
bùrtas m (plural bùrtai) stress pattern 1
- spell, enchantment
- fortune
- prophesy
- draw ticket, lottery ticket; fortune stick
- (especially in the plural) magic, witchcraft; superstitions
- die (in games of chance)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | bùrtas | bùrtai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | bùrto | bùrtų |
| dative (naudininkas) | bùrtui | bùrtams |
| accusative (galininkas) | bùrtą | bùrtus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | bùrtu | bùrtais |
| locative (vietininkas) | bùrte | bùrtuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | bùrte | bùrtai |
Related terms
References
- “burtas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “bùrta”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 157