abrinas
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From ãbrė (“kneading trough, wooden container for food preservation”) + -inas, which is borrowed from Latvian abra (“id.”), of obscure origin. This term has been connected with Old Prussian aboros, but Mažiulis prefers to analyse the latter as a prefixed formation within Prussian.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ãbrinas m (plural abrinaĩ) stress pattern 3
- (ethnography, Samogitia) wooden container for food preservation, carved from hollowed out tree trunks[1]
Declension edit
Declension of ãbrinas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | ãbrinas | abrinaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | ãbrino | abrinų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | ãbrinui | abrináms |
| accusative (galininkas) | ãbriną | ãbrinus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | ãbrinu | abrinaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | abrinè | abrinuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | ãbrine | abrinaĩ |
References edit
- ^ Vaclovas Biržiška (ed.), et al. (1953-1985) Lietuvių enciklopedija [Lithuanian Encyclopedia], volume 1, page 21
Further reading edit
- “abrinas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024