plautis
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Latin
Adjective
plautīs
Lithuanian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pláutja, from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (“to flow, float”); lungs were perhaps viewed as "floating objects" in an anatomical context. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *plūťè (“lung”), Ancient Greek πλεύμων (pleúmōn, “lung; jellyfish”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
plaũtis m (plural plaũčiai) stress pattern 2
Usage notes
Like in many other languages, usually used in the plural form, plaũčiai.
Declension
Declension of plaũtis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | plaũtis | plaũčiai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | plaũčio | plaũčių |
| dative (naudininkas) | plaũčiui | plaũčiams |
| accusative (galininkas) | plaũtį | plaučiùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | plaučiù | plaũčiais |
| locative (vietininkas) | plaũtyje | plaũčiuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | plaũti | plaũčiai |
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plaučiai”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362