nugara
See also: nugarą
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
Compare Latvian mugura. The "m"/"n" sound change is irregular. Further etymology unclear.
These words have been compared to Proto-Slavic *mogyla (“mound”), as words for "back" are often related to landscape terms. However, this connection could only hold if the Baltic and Slavic terms are independently borrowed from a common substrate language, since regular sound changes are not observed.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nùgara f (plural nùgaros) stress pattern 1 [2]
Declension edit
Declension of nùgara
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | nùgara | nùgaros |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | nùgaros | nùgarų |
| dative (naudininkas) | nùgarai | nùgaroms |
| accusative (galininkas) | nùgarą | nùgaras |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | nùgara | nùgaromis |
| locative (vietininkas) | nùgaroje | nùgarose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | nùgara | nùgaros |
Derived terms edit
(Nouns)
References edit
- ^ “nùgara” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 817 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “nugara” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “nugara” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “nugara”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “nugara”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024