pusė
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian puse (“half; side”); further origin outside of Baltic unclear.[1] Suggested links to Tocharian B poṣiya (“wall”) are far from certain.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
pùsė f (plural pùsės) stress pattern 2
Declension
Declension of pùsė
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | pùsė | pùsės |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | pùsės | pùsių |
| dative (naudininkas) | pùsei | pùsėms |
| accusative (galininkas) | pùsę | pusès |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | pusè | pùsėmis |
| locative (vietininkas) | pùsėje | pùsėse |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | pùse | pùsės |
Derived terms
- pusaklis
- pusbrolis (“cousin (male)”)
- pusdalyvis
- pusdienis
- pusfinalis (“semifinal round”)
- pusiasalis (“peninsula”)
- puslapis (“page”)
- pusmetis (“half-year”)
- pusnuogis (“half-naked”)
- pusryčiai (“breakfast”)
- pusrutulis (“hemisphere”)
- pusseserė (“cousin (female)”)
- pusšimtis (“fifty”)
- pusvalandis (“half-hour”)
References
- ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “pùsė”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, pages 491-2
- ^ “pusė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012