kadagys
Lithuanian
Etymology
According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *ked- (“to fume, smoke”), comparable to Proto-Slavic *kaditi (“to burn incense”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *kádruš (“tan, brown”), Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros, “cedar”).[1] However, these words are all of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɐd̪ɐˈɡʲǐːs̪]
Noun
kadagỹs m (plural kadagiai̇̃) stress pattern 3b [2]
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kadagỹs | kadagiai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kãdagio | kadagių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kãdagiui | kadagiáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kãdagį | kãdagius |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kãdagiu | kadagiai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kadagyjè | kadagiuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kadagỹ | kadagiai̇̃ |
Synonyms
- ėglis, ėglius
References
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “ked-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 537
- ^ “kadagys” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “kadagys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN