lašiniai

Lithuanian

Etymology

From the same word family as lašė́ti (“to drip, flow in drops”), i.e. "meat that drips (with oil)", though the exact morphological details are unclear. Either analyzed as laš-iniai, in which case directly from lašė́ti, or analyzed as lašin-iai, in which case from the related lãšinti (“to drip, pour in drops”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

lašiniai̇̃ m pl stress pattern 3b

  1. salo (non-rendered pig fat); lard
  2. bacon

Declension

Declension of lašiniai̇̃ (plural-only)
nominative lašiniai̇̃
genitive lašinių̃
dative lašiniáms
accusative lãšinius
instrumental lašiniai̇̃s
locative lašiniuosè
vocative lašiniai̇̃

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “lašiniai̇̃”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 338
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