See also: kišene and kišenę

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Probably from kìšti (to poke, to shove) +‎ -enė.[1] Older theories have suggested that the word may instead have been borrowed from Slavic; compare Belarusian кі́шка (kíška), Polish kiszka (intestine, bowel), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kyšьka.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kišẽnė f (plural kišẽnės) stress pattern 2

  1. pocket (pouch in clothing for storing items)
    striukės kišenėjacket pocket
  2. pocket (one's resources, income, means)
    mokėti savo kišenėsto pay out of one's own pocket
  3. pocket (pouch-like part of another object)
    lagamino kišenėsuitcase pocket
  4. (billiards) pocket (hole into which balls are to be hit)
    kamuoliukas įkrito į kišenęthe ball fell into the pocket

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kišẽnė”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 290-1
  2. ^ kišenė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Further reading

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  • kišenė”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • kišenė”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
  • kišenė”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.