balandis

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white”), perhaps via an unattested formation *balandis galambis (“white-marked pigeon”) (for the latter, see Latin columbus (“male dove”)). The "April" meaning is apparently from a meaning of "having a white or bare patch" (whether this refers to animal coats, fields, or something else is unclear). Cognate with Latvian balodis (“pigeon, dove”), Ossetian бӕлон (bælon, “domestic pigeon”); see also Lithuanian báltas (“white”).[1]

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Noun

balañdis m (plural balañdžiai) stress pattern 2

  1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
  2. pigeon, dove

Declension

Declension of balañdis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) balañdis balañdžiai
genitive (kilmininkas) balañdžio balañdžių
dative (naudininkas) balañdžiui balañdžiams
accusative (galininkas) balañdį balandžiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) balandžiù balañdžiais
locative (vietininkas) balañdyje balañdžiuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) balañdi balañdžiai

See also

See also

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “balandis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 78
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