plautis

Latin

Adjective

plautīs

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of plautus

Lithuanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pláutja, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to flow, float”); lungs were perhaps viewed as "floating objects" in an anatomical context. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *plūťè (“lung”), Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn, “lung; jellyfish”).

Noun

plaũtis m (plural plaũčiai) stress pattern 2

1. (anatomy, in the singular) lung

Usage notes

Like in many other languages, usually used in the plural form, plaũčiai.

Declension

Declension of plaũtis

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	plaũtis	plaũčiai
genitive (kilmininkas)	plaũčio	plaũčių
dative (naudininkas)	plaũčiui	plaũčiams
accusative (galininkas)	plaũtį	plaučiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	plaučiù	plaũčiais
locative (vietininkas)	plaũtyje	plaũčiuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	plaũti	plaũčiai