protas
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Protas
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian pràts (“mind, intellect”), Old Prussian prātin (“counsel”).[1] Plausibly related to Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (“wise, cautious”), Latin pretium (“price”), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (“to understand, interpret”).[2] Cf. pràsti (“to acquire a habit, understand”), and see Latvian prast for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
prõtas m (plural prõtai) stress pattern 2[3]
Declension
Declension of prõtas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | prõtas | prõtai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | prõto | prõtų |
| dative (naudininkas) | prõtui | prõtams |
| accusative (galininkas) | prõtą | protùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | protù | prõtais |
| locative (vietininkas) | protè | prõtuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | prõte | prõtai |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
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Related terms
(Verbs)
(Nouns)
- prasmė f
See also
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “protas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
- ^ “protas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Spanish
Noun
protas