nagas

See also: naĝas, nāgas, and Nāgas

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *nágas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs (“nail”). Cognate with Latvian nags (“nail, claw”); see also nagà (“hoof”).^[1]

nãgas m (plural nagaĩ) stress pattern 4 ^[2]

fingernail, nail
piršto nagas - a fingernail
claw
katės/šuns nagai^[2] - cat's/dog's claws
talon
paukščio nagai^[2] - talons of a bird
(in the plural) fingertips
Nagus gelia.^[2] - The fingertips sore.
tip (of a rake etc.)^[2]
(figuratively) stingy person, miser
Jis toks nagas.^[2] - He is such a miser.

Declension of nãgas

nagàs f

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “nagas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 “nagas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.