kamuolys

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krepšinio kamuolys (#2)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kam⁽ˀ⁾as, from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“to press”), see also kamuoti (“to torture”), Proto-Germanic *hamjaną (“to hinder, obstruct”).[1]

Probably cognate with Latvian kamols and Russian ком (kom).

Pronunciation

Noun

kamuolỹs m (plural kamuoliaĩ) stress pattern 3b [2]

  1. clew; a ball of thread[3]
  2. ball; a solid or hollow sphere[3]
  3. (figuratively) something has a shape of a ball
  4. globe[3]

Declension

Declension of kamuolỹs
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kamuolỹs kamuoliaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) kãmuolio kamuolių̃
dative (naudininkas) kãmuoliui kamuoliáms
accusative (galininkas) kãmuolį kãmuolius
instrumental (įnagininkas) kãmuoliu kamuoliaĩs
locative (vietininkas) kamuolyjè kamuoliuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) kamuolỹ kamuoliaĩ

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References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “555”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 555
  2. ^ “kamuolys” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “kamuolys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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