garsiakalbis
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Lithuanian
Etymology 1
Nominalization of garsas (“loud”) + kalbėti (“to speak”), calque of English loudspeaker. Compare various similar calques in Belarusian гучнагавары́цель (hučnahavarýcjelʹ), Latvian skaļrunis, Russian громкоговори́тель (gromkogovorítelʹ), Ukrainian гучномо́вець (hučnomóvecʹ), Yiddish הויכרעדער (hoykhreder).
Noun
garsiãkalbis m (plural garsiakalbiai) stress pattern 1
Declension
Declension of garsiãkalbis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | garsiãkalbis | garsiãkalbiai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | garsiãkalbio | garsiãkalbių |
| dative (naudininkas) | garsiãkalbiui | garsiãkalbiams |
| accusative (galininkas) | garsiãkalbį | garsiãkalbius |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | garsiãkalbiu | garsiãkalbiais |
| locative (vietininkas) | garsiãkalbyje | garsiãkalbiuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | garsiãkalbi | garsiãkalbiai |
Etymology 2
Same formation as etymology 1.
Noun
garsiakal̃bis m (plural garsiakalbiai, feminine garsiakalbė) stress pattern 2
Declension
Declension of garsiakal̃bis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | garsiakal̃bis | garsiakal̃biai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | garsiakal̃bio | garsiakal̃bių |
| dative (naudininkas) | garsiakal̃biui | garsiakal̃biams |
| accusative (galininkas) | garsiakal̃bį | garsiakalbiùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | garsiakalbiù | garsiakal̃biais |
| locative (vietininkas) | garsiakal̃byje | garsiakal̃biuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | garsiakal̃bi | garsiakal̃biai |
References
- “garsiakalbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “garsiakalbis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025