krūtis

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Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *krū̆t- (“protuberance, breast, belly”), probably related to *krew- (“curve”), *(s)ker- (“to turn”), *(s)krew-. Possibly related to Old Irish crott (“lute”), Proto-Germanic *hraukaz (“pile, stack”), but these connections are uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

krūtis f (6th declension)

  1. breast
  2. bosom
  3. bust

Declension

Declension of krūtis (6th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) — krūtis
accusative (akuzatīvs) — krūtis
genitive (ģenitīvs) — krūšu
dative (datīvs) — krūtīm
instrumental (instrumentālis) — krūtīm
locative (lokatīvs) — krūtīs
vocative (vokatīvs) — krūtis

Noun

krūtis

  1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of krūts

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1642”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1642

Lithuanian

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Krūtis

Etymology

According to Derksen, from the zero-grade of Lithuanian kráuti (“to pile”). Cognate with Latvian krūts (“hill, heap, breast”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

krūtìs f (plural krū̃tys) stress pattern 4

  1. breast

Declension

Declension of krūtìs
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) krūtìs krū̃tys
genitive (kilmininkas) krūtiẽs krūčių̃
dative (naudininkas) krū̃čiai krūtìms
accusative (galininkas) krū̃tį krūtìs
instrumental (įnagininkas) krūtimì krūtimìs
locative (vietininkas) krūtyjè krūtysè
vocative (šauksmininkas) krūtiẽ krū̃tys

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “krūtis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 261
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