premjeras

Lithuanian

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Russian премье́р (premʹjér), from French premier.

Noun

premjèras m (plural premjèrai, feminine premjèrė) stress pattern 2

1. premier, prime minister (chief member of the cabinet and head of the government)
2. lead performer (performance artist with the most prominent role in a show)

Usage notes

For premiere (first showing of something), see premjerà.

Declension

Declension of premjèras

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	premjèras	premjèrai
genitive (kilmininkas)	premjèro	premjèrų
dative (naudininkas)	premjèrui	premjèrams
accusative (galininkas)	premjèrą	premjerùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	premjerù	premjèrais
locative (vietininkas)	premjerè	premjèruose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	premjère	premjèrai

Further reading

• “premjeras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “premjeras”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024