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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to lack”). Cognate with Middle High German manc f (“lack”), Tocharian B mänk- (“to be deprived of, lack”), and possibly Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, faulty”).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
meñkas m (feminine menkà, neuter meñka) stress pattern 4
- poor (not good)
- small, little
- slight
- weak, faint, feeble
- unimportant, inconsequential
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of menkas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of menkas
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “menkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 311