gintaras

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Lithuanian

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Gintaras

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian dzintars, from a Baltic root of mysterious origin,[1] which propagated into various Slavic languages. Many outside comparisons have been proposed, among which include Latin glaesum (“amber”), Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “id”), Hittite (hust-), and Sanskrit यम् (yam, “to hold, restrain”) (owing to amber's ability to hold static electricity and thus hold onto various objects).[2]

A borrowing from a supposed Phoenician (jainitar, “sea-resin”) is unlikely, as the Baltic region is known for its amber deposits, and such an abundant resource would generally not be described with a loanword.[3] The exact details of the relation with Hungarian gyanta (“resin”) are unclear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

giñtaras m (plural gintaraĩ) stress pattern 3b

  1. amber (fossil resin)

Declension

Declension of giñtaras
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) giñtaras gintaraĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) giñtaro gintarų̃
dative (naudininkas) giñtarui gintaráms
accusative (galininkas) giñtarą giñtarus
instrumental (įnagininkas) giñtaru gintaraĩs
locative (vietininkas) gintarè gintaruosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) giñtare gintaraĩ

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “giñtaras”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 180
  2. ^ “gintaras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ https://archive.ph/0ASL7

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