geležinkelis
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom geležìs (“iron”) or geležìnis (“of iron”) + kẽlias (“road, way”). Calque of German Eisenbahn, French chemin de fer, Russian желе́зная доро́га (želéznaja doróga), etc.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgeležìnkelis m (plural geležìnkeliai) stress pattern 1
Declension
editDeclension of geležìnkelis
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | geležìnkelis | geležìnkeliai |
genitive (kilmininkas) | geležìnkelio | geležìnkelių |
dative (naudininkas) | geležìnkeliui | geležìnkeliams |
accusative (galininkas) | geležìnkelį | geležìnkelius |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | geležìnkeliu | geležìnkeliais |
locative (vietininkas) | geležìnkelyje | geležìnkeliuose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | geležìnkeli | geležìnkeliai |
Derived terms
editDerived terms
- geležinkelininkas (“railwayman”)
- geležinkelietis (“railwayman”)
See also
edit- metropolitenas (“metro, subway”)
- traukinys (“train”)
Further reading
edit- “geležinkelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “geležinkelis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
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