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Lithuanian
Etymology
Adjectival formation from the same root as pelenaĩ (“ash”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
pìlkas m (feminine pilkà, neuter pìlka) stress pattern 3 [3]
- gray (US), grey (chiefly UK)
- pilkas kiškis ― a grey hare
- pilka spalva ― grey (colour)
- pilkos akys ― grey eyes
- pilkieji debesys[3] ― the grey clouds
- dull, dim
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of pilkas
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of pilkas
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pilkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 356
- ^ “pìlkas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 888 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 “pilkas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
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