alkas
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Alkas
Lithuanian
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian elks, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌷𐍃 (alhs, “temple”). The generally accepted etymology derives this from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”), but it could very well be from a non-IE substrate language.[1]
Noun
al̃kas m (plural al̃kai) stress pattern 2
Declension
Declension of al̃kas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | al̃kas | al̃kai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | al̃ko | al̃kų |
| dative (naudininkas) | al̃kui | al̃kams |
| accusative (galininkas) | al̃ką | alkùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | alkù | al̃kais |
| locative (vietininkas) | alkè | al̃kuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | al̃ke | al̃kai |
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “alkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 49
Further reading
- “alkas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “alkas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
- alkas, entry by Vykintas Vaitkevičius, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
Alka (Baltic religion) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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