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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *anź-(u)-,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emǵʰ-u-.[1] Cognate with Polish wąski (“narrow”), Gothic 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃 (aggwus), Latin angustus and Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu-).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- (añkštas) IPA(key): /ˈɐŋkʃtɐs/
- (ankštàs) IPA(key): /ɐŋkʃˈtɐs/
Adjective
añkštas m (feminine ankštà) stress pattern 4 [4]
- tight (about clothes, etc.)
- ankštas drabužis - tight clothes
- Antonym: erdvus
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of ankštas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of ankštas
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- ↑ 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
- ^ “añkštas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 34 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “ankštas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ “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, 1941–2025
- “ankštas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025