tėvas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tewas. Cognate with Latvian tēvs. For sense 2, compare semantically Belarusian ба́цька (bácʹka), Ukrainian ба́тько (bátʹko).

Pronunciation

Noun

tė́vas m (plural tėvaĩ) stress pattern 3

  1. father
  2. (in the plural) parents

Declension

Declension of tė́vas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) tė́vas tėvaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) tė́vo tėvų̃
dative (naudininkas) tė́vui tėváms
accusative (galininkas) tė́vą tė́vus
instrumental (įnagininkas) tė́vu tėvaĩs
locative (vietininkas) tėvè tėvuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) tė́ve or tė́vai tėvaĩ

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