Wiktionary

lankas

Lithuanian

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”), compare Latvian lanka (“lowland”), Old Prussian lunkis (“angle”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic лѫкъ (lǫkŭ, “bow”), Belarusian and Russian лук (luk, “bow”).[1]

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ɫàŋ́kas/, [ɫɐ̀ŋ́ˑkɐs]

Noun

edit

lañkas m (plural lankaĩ) stress pattern 4[2]

  1. bow (weapon)[1]

Declension

edit
Declension of lañkas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) lañkas lankaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) lañko lankų̃
dative (naudininkas) lañkui lankáms
accusative (galininkas) lañką lankùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) lankù lankaĩs
locative (vietininkas) lankè lankuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) lañke lankaĩ

References

edit
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1895”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1895
  2. ^ “lankas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lankas&oldid=79027749"