laukas
See also: Laukas
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editCognate with Latvian lauks and Old Prussian laukinikis (“landowner”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowkós (“bright place, clearing”); compare Proto-Germanic *lauhaz (“meadow, grove”) (Old English lēah (“clearing”), English lea), Latin lūcus (“sacred grove”) and Sanskrit लोक (loká-, “free space, world”).[1] Apparently further derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”); compare Old Prussian luckis, Proto-Slavic *lúčь (“ray of light”) and Latin lūx (“light”).
A similar semantic progression can be observed in aiškus (“clear, bright”) > aikštė (“clearing, open space”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlaũkas m (plural laukaĩ) stress pattern 4
- field (land area free of woodland, settlements; land used for agriculture, grazing)
- outside, the outdoors
- an area notable for a certain property or occurrence
- mū̃šio laũkas - battlefield
- (geography) lẽdo laũkas - icefield
- (military, in the genitive) field (which happens in, or is suitable for, deployment or combat situations)
- (physics) field (the area affected by a force or other physical phenomenon)
- magnètinis laũkas - magnetic field
Declension
editDeclension of laũkas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | laũkas | laukaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | laũko | laukų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | laũkui | laukáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | laũką | laukùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | laukù | laukaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | laukè | laukuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | laũke | laukaĩ |
Derived terms
editterms derived from laukas
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laukas I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275