smegenys
Lithuanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *masgen,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos.[1] The Eastern Baltic forms seem to have experienced metathesis. Cognate with Old Prussian musgeno,[1] Russian мозг (mozg)[1] and Old Icelandic mergr (“marrow”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smẽgenys f pl stress pattern 3b [2]
Declension edit
declension of smegenys (plural-only)
| nominative | smẽgenys |
|---|---|
| genitive | smegenų̃ |
| dative | smegenìms |
| accusative | smẽgenis |
| instrumental | smegenimìs |
| locative | smegenysè |
| vocative | smẽgenys |
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, 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