šaltinis
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Lithuanian
Etymology
šáltas (“cold”) + -ìnis (“adjectival suffix”), reanalyzed as a noun. The term originally referred to cold water springs, before being extended to springs and sources in general. For a semantic parallel, compare Russian студене́ц (studenéc, “spring, well”), from Proto-Slavic *studènъ (“cold”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
šaltìnis m (plural šaltìniai) stress pattern 2[2]
Declension
Declension of šaltìnis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | šaltìnis | šaltìniai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | šaltìnio | šaltìnių |
| dative (naudininkas) | šaltìniui | šaltìniams |
| accusative (galininkas) | šaltìnį | šaltiniùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | šaltiniù | šaltìniais |
| locative (vietininkas) | šaltìnyje | šaltìniuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | šaltìni | šaltìniai |
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “šaltìnis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 624
- ^ “šaltinis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN