ankštas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anź-(u)-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emǵʰ-u-. Cognate with Polish wąski (narrow), Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus), Latin angustus and Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu-).

Pronunciation

  • (añkštas) IPA(key): /ˈɐŋkʃtɐs/
  • (ankštàs) IPA(key): /ɐŋkʃˈtɐs/

Adjective

añkštas m (feminine ankštà) stress pattern 4

  1. tight (about clothes, etc.)
    ankštas drabužis - tight clothes
    Antonym: erdvus

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
  2. ^ añkštas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 34 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ ankštas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  4. ^ “ankštas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

Further reading

  • “ankštas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  • ankštas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • ankštas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024