kraikas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Nominal formation from kraik-, an alternate o-grade of krèkti (“to coagulate”). The sense development would be "to coagulate" > "to gather straw bedding together".^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

kraĩkas m (plural kraikaĩ) stress pattern 4

bed on top of a straw roof
roof gable

Declension

Declension of kraĩgas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	kraĩgas	kraigaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	kraĩgo	kraigų̃
dative (naudininkas)	kraĩgui	kraigáms
accusative (galininkas)	kraĩgą	kraigùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	kraigù	kraigaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	kraigè	kraiguosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	kraĩge	kraigaĩ

Derived terms

kraĩgas (“rooftop”)

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krèkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 312

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krèkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 312

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