kažkas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From an unattested *kažikas (someone, something) (with syncope of the i), from *kažinkàs < kažin kàs, a univerbation of kàs (who) +‎ žìno (knows) +‎ kàs (who/what).[1]

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kažkàs[2]

  1. something (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  2. somebody (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Usage notes

As with ko and kieno, kažkieno is the possessive genitive and kažko is for other uses.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kažkàs”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 269
  2. ^ kažkas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025