sparnas
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *parnas (“wing”), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“wing, feather”). Cognate with English fern, Albanian fier (“fern”), Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬞 (anərap, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather”).
Noun
spar̃nas m (plural sparnai̇̃) stress pattern 4 (diminutive sparnẽlis)
- wing[1]
- 2008, Jurga, Angelai:
- Angelą stebiu, šypsomės abu. […] Jo balti sparnai man tinka, jam savo šarvus dovanoju.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | spar̃nas | sparnai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | spar̃no | sparnų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | spar̃nui | sparnáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | spar̃ną | sparnùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | sparnù | sparnai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | sparnè | sparnuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | spar̃ne | sparnai̇̃ |
References
- ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN