pamatas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Nominal formation from pa- (“after-, under-”) + mat-, the o-grade of mèsti (“to throw, drop”). Cognate with Latvian pamats (“foundation; framework (of a wall)”), Old Prussian pamatis (“sole (of foot or shoe)”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

pãmatas m (plural pamataĩ) stress pattern 3b

lower part of a structure; foundation

Usage notes

The singular forms are rarely used. Usually used in the plural forms.

Declension

Declension of pãmatas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	pãmatas	pamataĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	pãmato	pamatų̃
dative (naudininkas)	pãmatui	pamatáms
accusative (galininkas)	pãmatą	pãmatus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	pãmatu	pamataĩs
locative (vietininkas)	pamatè	pamatuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	pãmate	pamataĩ

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “mèsti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 392

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “mèsti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 392

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