apskritis
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Lietuvos apskritys - Counties of Lithuania
Lithuanian
Etymology
From apskritas (“round, circular”), cf. skrieti (“rotate, circle, fly”), skriesti (“rotate, circle”), skristi (“fly”), Latvian skrìet (“go, run, fly”).
Noun
apskritìs f (plural ãpskritys) stress pattern 3b
- county (a first-level administrative division in Lithuania)
- Kauno apskritis ― Kaunas County
Declension
Declension of apskritìs
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | apskritìs | ãpskritys |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | apskritiẽs | apskričių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | ãpskričiai | apskritìms |
| accusative (galininkas) | ãpskritį | ãpskritis |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | apskritimì | apskritimìs |
| locative (vietininkas) | apskrityjè | apskritysè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | apskritiẽ | ãpskritys |
Further reading
Counties of Lithuania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Lietuvos apskritys, entry by Antanas Tyla & Stasys Vansevičius, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)
- “apskritis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “apskritis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
