vakarienė

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Lithuanian

Etymology

vãkaras (“evening”) +‎ -ienė. Cognate to Latvian vakariņas. Compare also similar formations in Belarusian вячэ́ра (vjačéra), Bulgarian вече́ря (večérja), Czech večeře, Macedonian ве́чера (véčera), obsolete Russian ве́черя (véčerja), Serbo-Croatian vèčera, Slovak večera, Slovene večẹ̑rja, Ukrainian вече́ря (večérja), and so on.

Pronunciation

Noun

vakariẽnė f (plural vakariẽnės) stress pattern 2

  1. dinner (evening meal)

Usage notes

  • In Lithuania and many neighboring countries, the midday meal is the main meal of the day, rather than dinner.

Declension

Declension of vakariẽnė
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) vakariẽnė vakariẽnės
genitive (kilmininkas) vakariẽnės vakariẽnių
dative (naudininkas) vakariẽnei vakariẽnėms
accusative (galininkas) vakariẽnę vakarienès
instrumental (įnagininkas) vakarienè vakariẽnėmis
locative (vietininkas) vakariẽnėje vakariẽnėse
vocative (šauksmininkas) vakariẽne vakariẽnės

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References

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