asmuo

See also: ašmuo

Lithuanian

Etymology

Neologism introduced by Lithuanian linguists in the early 20th century,^[1]^[2] of unclear formation logic. Perhaps created off a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-men-, from *h₁es- (“to be”).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɐs̪ˈmuɔ̂]

Noun

asmuõ m (plural ãsmenys) stress pattern 3

Declension

Declension of **asmuõ**
	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	asmuõ	ãsmenys
genitive (kilmininkas)	asmeñs	asmenų̃
dative (naudininkas)	ãsmeniui	asmeni̇̀ms
accusative (galininkas)	ãsmenį	ãsmenis
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ãsmeniu	asmenimi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	asmenyjè	asmenysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	asmeniẽ	ãsmenys

Hyponyms

(grammar: person): pirmàsis asmuõ (“first person”), antràsis asmuõ (“second person”), trečiàsis asmuõ (“third person”)

Derived terms

References

^ Mathiassen, Terje (2011 December 5) “Some aspects of the history of Lithuanian and Latvian grammatical terminology”, in Baltistica, volume 0, number 5, →DOI, pages 169–176
^ Schmalstieg, William R. (1982) “From Donelaitis to Jablonskis”, in Klimas, Antanas, editor, Lituanus‎^[1], volume 28, number 1, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 July 2021
^ “asmuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012