miltas
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *mílˀtas, from Proto-Indo-European *mlH-tó-s, from the zero-grade of *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”). Cognate with Latvian milti (“flour”), Old Prussian meltan (“id”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmìltas m (plural mìltai) stress pattern 1[2]
Usage notes
editAlmost always used in the plural.
Declension
editDeclension of mìltas
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | mìltas | mìltai |
genitive (kilmininkas) | mìlto | mìltų |
dative (naudininkas) | mìltui | mìltams |
accusative (galininkas) | mìltą | mìltus |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | mìltu | mìltais |
locative (vietininkas) | mìlte | mìltuose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | mìlte | mìltai |
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “miltai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 318
- ^ “miltas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024