stumbras

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Stumbras

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian sum̃brs (“bison”), Old Prussian wissambs/wissambris, Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ (“wisent”). The Prussian form may be contaminated by Germanic and/or Slavic.

According to Derksen, a connection with Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas (“tooth”) is possible. The word could also be a migratory term, see Ossetian домбай (dombaj, “bison”) for more.

Noun

stum̃bras m (plural stum̃brai) stress pattern 2

  1. bison, wisent; Bison bonasus

Declension

Declension of stum̃bras
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) stum̃bras stum̃brai
genitive (kilmininkas) stum̃bro stum̃brų
dative (naudininkas) stum̃brui stum̃brams
accusative (galininkas) stum̃brą stumbrùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) stumbrù stum̃brais
locative (vietininkas) stumbrè stum̃bruose
vocative (šauksmininkas) stum̃bre stum̃brai

Further reading

  • “stumbras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “stumbras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “stumbras”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 432–433
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