plunksna
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Plunksnos (1) - Feathers 
Plunksna (2) - Quill pen
See also: plunksną
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *plúnksnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *plúnksneh₂.[1][2][3] Cognate with Latin plūma (“feather”).
Noun
plùnksna f (plural plùnksnos) stress pattern 1 (diminutive plunksnẽlė)
Declension
Declension of plùnksna
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | plùnksna | plùnksnos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | plùnksnos | plùnksnų |
| dative (naudininkas) | plùnksnai | plùnksnoms |
| accusative (galininkas) | plùnksną | plùnksnas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | plùnksna | plùnksnomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | plùnksnoje | plùnksnose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | plùnksna | plùnksnos |
See also
- (feather): pūkas
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plunksna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
- ^ “plùnksna” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 924 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- ^ “plunksna”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Further reading
- “plunksna”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “plunksna”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024