delnas
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Latvian
Noun
delnas f
- inflection of delna:
Lithuanian
Etymology
- From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dalˀnas or *delˀnas. Cognate with Latvian delna and Polish dłoń. There are some suggestions that this term is linked with a verb dilti (“to be worn out”), which Derksen doubts however.
Pronunciation
Noun
délnas m (plural delnaĩ) stress pattern 3
Declension
Declension of délnas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | délnas | delnaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | délno | delnų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | délnui | delnáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | délną | délnus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | délnu | delnaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | delnè | delnuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | délne | delnaĩ |
Synonyms
Derived terms
- (noun) delnakaulis m
Related terms
- (noun) delna f
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 111. →ISBN
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “dłoń”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 89
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “delnas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- “delnas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN