bernas
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See also: Bernas
French
Pronunciation
Verb
bernas
- second-person singular past historic of berner
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-n-o-, from *bʰer- (“to bear”). Synchronically equivalent to ber̃ti + -nas. Cognate with Latvian bȩ̄̀rns (“child”), Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bérnas m (plural bernaĩ) stress pattern 3[2][3]
Declension
Declension of bérnas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | bérnas | bernaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | bérno | bernų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | bérnui | bernáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | bérną | bérnus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | bérnu | bernaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | bernè | bernuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | bérne | bernaĩ |
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “lad”): mergina
Derived terms
- (diminutive nouns) bernelis, berniukas, bernužis, bernužėlis
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “bernas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 88
- ^ “bernas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “bernas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN