eunuchas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin eunūchus, from Ancient Greek εὐνοῦχος (eunoûkhos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛʊˈnʊxɐs]
• Hyphenation: eu‧nu‧chas

Noun

eunùchas m (plural eunùchai) stress pattern 2

1. (historical) eunuch (castrated man who was harem guard or in Middle Eastern courts under Roman Emperors, important officials of the state)

   Hypernym: kastrãtas (“castrated man”)

2. (figurative, derogatory) impotent (person incapable of taking a particular type of action that the situation requires)

   Synonym: nevỹkėlis

Declension

Declension of eunùchas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	eunùchas	eunùchai
genitive (kilmininkas)	eunùcho	eunùchų
dative (naudininkas)	eunùchui	eunùchams
accusative (galininkas)	eunùchą	eunuchùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	eunuchù	eunùchais
locative (vietininkas)	eunuchè	eunùchuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	eunùche	eunùchai

Further reading

• “eunuchas”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• eunuchas in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)