lagaminas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From an unattested *lagamas (laid, placed) + -inas (nominal suffix), the former component the present passive participle of an unattested *lagoti (to lie down), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lágīˀtei (to lay (something)), from Proto-Indo-European *logʰ-éye-ti, causative of *legʰ- (to lie). Cognate with Latvian lagaža (den, bed), Proto-Slavic *ložìti (to lay).[1]

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Noun

lagamìnas m (plural lagamìnai) stress pattern 2

  1. suitcase; portmanteau

Declension

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “lagamìnas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 331-2