sėkla
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *sētl-ā-, a collective formation from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁tlom, from *seh₁- (“to sow”) + *-tlom (“tool suffix”).[1] Cognate with Latvian sēkla (“seed, sperm”); see also sė́ti (“to sow”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
sė́kla f (plural sė́klos) stress pattern 1
Declension
Declension of sė́kla
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | sė́kla | sė́klos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | sė́klos | sė́klų |
| dative (naudininkas) | sė́klai | sė́kloms |
| accusative (galininkas) | sė́klą | sė́klas |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | sė́kla | sė́klomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | sė́kloje | sė́klose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | sė́kla | sė́klos |
Synonyms
- (semen): sperma
Related terms
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sė́kla”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 540
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “sėkla”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 392