klevas
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian kļava (“maple”). Outside of Baltic, likely related to Proto-Slavic *klȅnъ (“id”) (< *kle-nos), Proto-Germanic *hluniz (“id”) (whence Old Norse hlynr (“id”)); if inherited rather than borrowed, then the Baltic form traces back to a Proto-Indo-European *kle-wos.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
klẽvas m (plural klevaĩ) stress pattern 4
Declension
Declension of klẽvas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | klẽvas | klevaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | klẽvo | klevų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | klẽvui | kleváms |
| accusative (galininkas) | klẽvą | klevùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | klevù | klevaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | klevè | klevuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | klẽve | klevaĩ |
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “klẽvas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 297