kraikas
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editNominal 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
editNoun
editkraĩkas m (plural kraikaĩ) stress pattern 4
Declension
editDeclension of kraĩgas
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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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
edit- kraĩgas (“rooftop”)
References
edit- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krèkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 312