adamantas
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old East Slavic adamantъ (adamantŭ), ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). See the more modern form deimantas, from the same source through French.
Noun edit
adamantas m (archaic)
Declension edit
Declension of adamantas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | adamantas | adamantai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | adamanto | adamantų |
| dative (naudininkas) | adamantui | adamantams |
| accusative (galininkas) | adamantą | adamantus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | adamantu | adamantais |
| locative (vietininkas) | adamante | adamantuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | adamante | adamantai |
Further reading edit
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “adamantas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, page 4