kirvis
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian cìrvis, possibly dialectal Russian черв (červ, “sickle”), черва́к (červák, “saw”).[1][2] Derksen reconstructs Proto-Balto-Slavic *kirw(i)os, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), cf. skìrti, kir̃pti. Compare also Estonian kirves (“axe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kir̃vis m (plural kir̃viai) stress pattern 2
Declension
Declension of kir̃vis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kir̃vis | kir̃viai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kir̃vio | kir̃vių |
| dative (naudininkas) | kir̃viui | kir̃viams |
| accusative (galininkas) | kir̃vį | kirviùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kirviù | kir̃viais |
| locative (vietininkas) | kir̃vyje | kir̃viuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kir̃vi | kir̃viai |
Hypernyms
Related terms
- (noun) kirtis m
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kirvis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 248
- ^ “kir̃vis” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 573 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “kirvis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN