paukštis
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Lithuanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *put-, *pout-; compare Latvian putns < *put-inas (compare Lithuanian dialectal pùtinas (“rooster”)); Proto-Slavic *pъtákъ. The Lithuanian form can be explained as o-grade *pout- + -tis, with a prothetic -k-. For similar examples, compare šaukštas (“spoon”) < *šaud-tas, krikstas (“baptism”) < *krist-, pūkšlė (“hives”) < *pūt-slė.
A connection with Proto-Indo-European *put- (“child, young”); compare Latin putus (“boy”), Sanskrit पुत्र (putrá-, “son, young of an animal”), पोत (póta, “young of an animal”), Avestan 𐬞𐬎𐬚𐬭𐬀- (puθra-, “son”); means that the Balto-Slavic term must originally have meant "chick", compare dialectal paũtas (“egg”), putýtis (“chick”).
Pronunciation
Noun
paũkštis m (plural paũkščiai) stress pattern 2
- bird (any animal of the subclass (formerly usually class) Aves)
- (colloquial) a cunning, untrustworthy person
Declension
Declension of paũkštis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | paũkštis | paũkščiai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | paũkščio | paũkščių |
| dative (naudininkas) | paũkščiui | paũkščiams |
| accusative (galininkas) | paũkštį | paukščiùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | paukščiù | paũkščiais |
| locative (vietininkas) | paũkštyje | paũkščiuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | paũkšti | paũkščiai |
Derived terms
terms derived from paukštis
References
- ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (1990) 'Etimologijos pastabos' , Baltistica, Volume 26, No. 2, pages 163-164.