aš

See also: Appendix:Variations of "as"

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• ašai

Etymology

From Old Lithuanian eš, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ēˀźun, *eś; compare Latvian es, Old Prussian es/as, Sudovian es, Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ. From Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ-, *h₁eǵHom (“I”). Compare Sanskrit अहम् (aham), Ancient Greek ἐγώ (egṓ), Old Armenian ես (es), Latin egō. The final *-ś in Baltic is perhaps a result of sandhi or final obstruent devoicing.

Notable parallels of the vowel change observed in Lithuanian eš > aš include:

• Old Lithuanian ešva, cf. modern ašvà (“mare”), Old Prussian aswinan (“mare's milk”)
• Lithuanian ẽglė, cf. dialectal aglė, Old Prussian addle (“fir tree”).

These forms were perhaps carried on from dialects where *e- regularly gives a-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐʃ/

Pronoun

àš

1. (first-person singular) I

Declension

Declension of aš

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	àš	mùdu m, mùdvi f	mẽs
genitive	manę̃s	mùdviejų	mū́sų
dative	mán	mùdviem	mùms
accusative	manè	mùdu m, mùdvi f	mùs
instrumental	manimì, manim̃	mùdviem	mumìs
locative	manyjè, manỹ	mùdviese	mumysè

• The genitive in -ęs is from an accusative stem *manen + the genitive ending -s.
• The dative form is from an earlier mãni, with compensatory acute accuentation (compare Latvian man).
• The accusative continues Proto-Balto-Slavic *mene; compare Latvian acc. sg. mani, Old Prussian acc. sg. mien, Proto-Slavic gen. sg. *mene.

Derived terms

See mano;

• mandings
• aiman

See also

Lithuanian personal pronouns

			nominative (vardininkas)	genitive (kilmininkas)	dative (naudininkas)	accusative (galininkas)	instrumental (įnagininkas)	locative (vietininkas)		possessive (savybiniai)
singular (vienaskaita)	1st person		àš	manę̃s	mán	manè	manimi̇̀, manim̃	manyjè, manỹ		màno
	2nd person		tù	tavę̃s	táu	tavè	tavimi̇̀, tavim̃	tavyjè, tavỹ		tàvo
	3rd person	m	ji̇̀s, jisai̇̃	jõ	jám	jį̇̃	juõ	jamè		jõ
		f	ji̇̀, jinai̇̃	jõs	jái	ją̃	jà	jojè		jõs
dual (dviskaita)	1st person	m	mùdu	mùdviejų	mùdviem	mùdu	mùdviem	mùdviese		mùdviejų
		f	mùdvi			mùdvi
	2nd person	m	jùdu	jùdviejų	jùdviem	jùdu	jùdviem	jùdviese		jùdviejų
		f	jùdvi			jùdvi
	3rd person	m	juõdu, jiẽdu	jų̃dviejų	jõdviem	juõdu	jõdviem	jiẽdviese		jų̃dviejų
		f	jiẽdvi			jiẽdvi
plural (daugiskaita)	1st person		mẽs	mū́sų	mùms	mùs	mumi̇̀s	mumysè		mū́sų
	2nd person		jū̃s	jū́sų	jùms	jùs	jumi̇̀s	jumysè		jū́sų
	3rd person	m	jiẽ	jų̃	ji̇́ems	juõs	jai̇̃s	juosè		jų̃
		f	jõs		jóms	jàs	jomi̇̀s	josè
reflexive (sangrąžiniai)			—	savę̃s	sáu	savè	savimi̇̀, savim̃	savyjè, savỹ		sàvo

Serbo-Croatian

Conjunction

aš

1. (Chakavian) because

   Synonym: jer