Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-um; compare Latvian -u, Old Prussian -an -un, Proto-Slavic *-ъ, exemplifying a Balto-Slavic shortening and raising of Proto-Indo-European *-ōm; compare Sanskrit -आम् (-ām), Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Old Norse -a. According to Eugen Hill, this shortening was regular before final *-N in Balto-Slavic (compare feminine accusative singular ); whereas *o was raised to *u in stressed final syllables. Compare (instrumental singular ending); see -ùs for more.[1]

Suffix

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-ų̃

  1. Used to form genitive plurals of masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives.

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References

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  1. ^ Eugen Hill. (2013) 'Historical phonology in service of subgrouping. Two laws of final syllables in the common prehistory of baltic and slavonic'. Baltistica, volume 48, number 2, p. 161-204