smegenys
Lithuanian
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Alternative forms
editEtymology
editA variant of dialectal smãgenys (“brain, marrow, gum”),[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *masgen (“brain, marrow”).[2] The Eastern Baltic forms seem to have experienced metathesis. Cognate with Old Prussian musgeno, Russian мозг (mozg), and Old Icelandic mergr (“marrow”).[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsmẽgenys f pl stress pattern 3b [4]
Declension
edit Declension of smẽgenys (plural-only)
| nominative | smẽgenys |
|---|---|
| genitive | smegenų̃ |
| dative | smegenìms |
| accusative | smẽgenis |
| instrumental | smegenimìs |
| locative | smegenysè |
| vocative | smẽgenys |
References
edit- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “smegenys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 414
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “smagenys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 328. →ISBN
- ^ “smegenys” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “smegenys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN