kalėjimas
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Lithuanian
Etymology
kalė́ti (“to be imprisoned”) + -imas (“nominal suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kalė́jimas m (plural kalė́jimai) stress pattern 2
- (the state of) imprisonment, confinement
- prison, jail
Declension
Declension of kalė́jimas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kalė́jimas | kalė́jimai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kalė́jimo | kalė́jimų |
| dative (naudininkas) | kalė́jimui | kalė́jimams |
| accusative (galininkas) | kalė́jimą | kalėjimùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kalėjimù | kalė́jimais |
| locative (vietininkas) | kalėjimè | kalė́jimuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kalė́jime | kalė́jimai |
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kalė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 248-9