dujos

Lithuanian

Dujos

Etymology 1

Singular forms are used dialectally: Samogitian duja (“mist”), Dzūkijan duja (“ashy earth”).

From the same root as dū́mai (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist”).

Noun

dùjos f pl stress pattern 2, 4

1. (in the plural) gas (matter in an air-like state)

Declension

    declension of dujos

nominative	dùjos
genitive	dùjų, dujų̃
dative	dùjoms, dujóms
accusative	dujàs
instrumental	dùjomis, dujomìs
locative	dùjose, dujosè
vocative	dùjos

Etymology 2

From the same root as etymology 1, but only used dialectally.

Noun

dujos f

1. nominative plural of duja
2. genitive singular of duja

References

• “dujos”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “dujos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144