šaltinis

Lithuanian

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šaltinis

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

IPA^(key): /ʃɐlˈtʲɪnʲɪs/

Noun

šaltìnis m (plural šaltìniai) stress pattern 2^[2]

source
1. source of water; spring
2. something from which information can be obtained

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^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 624
^ “šaltinis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “šaltìnis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 624

[2] “šaltinis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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