lašas
Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Latvian làse (“drop”), as well as perhaps dialectal Russian ла́са (lása, “shiny spot”), лоса́ (losá, “sunlit surface of water”),[1] and ласит (lasit, “to stain”).[2] The Balto-Slavic words seem to trace back to a Proto-Indo-European *leḱ- (“to sprinkle (?)”),[3] but further interpretation and cognates are unclear:
- Often compared with lašišà (“salmon”); see Latvian lasis (“salmon; (dialectal) drop”) for more.[4][5]
- Has been compared to Sanskrit लश (laśa, “gum, resin”) and लाक्षा (lākṣā, “lac dye or bug”);[6] the former is semantically bold, while the latter's origin is similarly murky, thus making formal analysis difficult.
Related to lašė́ti (“to drip”), and by surface analysis, a nominal formation from it.[7]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]lãšas m (plural lašaĩ) stress pattern 4 (diminutive lašẽlis)
Declension
[edit]Declension of lãšas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lãšas | lašaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lãšo | lašų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | lãšui | lašáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | lãšą | lašùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lašù | lašaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | lašè | lašuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | lãše | lašaĩ |
Derived terms
[edit]- lietaus lašas (“raindrop”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “lãšas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 646 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “lašėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lašė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 337-8
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lašas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
- ^ The template Template:R:lt:ALEW does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.“lãšišas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–). - ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “lãšas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 341
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lãšas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[2] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 337
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- “lašas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “lašas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024