korys

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Lithuanian

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Korys

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian kāre (honeycomb), and possibly also with Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, beeswax; honeycomb), Latin cēra (beeswax; honeycomb), Albanian qiri (candle). Alternatively, could be related to karti (to hang).

Noun

korỹs m (plural koriaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. honeycomb

Declension

Further reading

  • korys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • korys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “korys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
  • Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980) “κηρός”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, pages 526–527
  • Pisani, Vittore (1968) “Rom und die Balten”, in Baltistica (in German), volume 4, number 1, →DOI, page 19