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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian smulkans (“slender”).
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This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Latvian smalks (“fine”)? Lithuanian smėlis (“sand”), Latvian smelkne (“fine flour”), Latvian smiltis (“sand”), Latvian smilkts (“sand”), Proto-Slavic *mělь? Further etymology? From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind”) with s-mobile? Where did the -k- come from?”
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Adjective
smùlkus m (feminine smùlki) stress pattern 3
- fine, detailed
- small
- minor, insignificant
Declension
Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of smulkus
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of smulkus
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