šafranas
Lithuanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish صفران (Turkish safran), from Arabic زَعْفَرَان (zaʕfarān). Compare Russian шафра́н (šafrán).
Noun edit
šafrãnas m (plural šafrãnai) stress pattern 2
- saffron (plant; spice)
- Pepin Shafrannyi (apple variety)
Declension edit
Declension of šafrãnas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | šafrãnas | šafrãnai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | šafrãno | šafrãnų |
| dative (naudininkas) | šafrãnui | šafrãnams |
| accusative (galininkas) | šafrãną | šafranùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | šafranù | šafrãnais |
| locative (vietininkas) | šafranè | šafrãnuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | šafrãne | šafrãnai |
Derived terms edit
- šafraninis (“saffron”, adjective)
References edit
- “šafranas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024