žemčiūgas
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Lithuanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old East Slavic жьмьчюгъ (žĭmĭčjugŭ), жьньчюгъ (žĭnĭčjugŭ) (whence Russian же́мчуг (žémčug)), from Bulgar *ǯinǯü (whence also Chuvash ӗнчӗ (ĕnč̬ĕ) and Hungarian gyöngy), from Common Turkic *yinǯü (whence also Old Turkic 𐰖𐰅𐰨𐰇 (yénčü), Kazakh інжу (ınju), Turkish inci etc.), ultimately from Middle Chinese 珍珠 (ʈˠiɪn t͡ɕɨo), 真珠 (t͡ɕiɪn t͡ɕɨo, “true pearls”), whence also Mandarin 珍珠 (zhēnzhū). Compare also Belarusian жэ́мчуг (žémčuh).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]žemčiū̃gas m (plural žemčiūgai) stress pattern 2 (nearly obsolete, proscribed)[1]
- pearl
- Synonym: (much more common) perlas
- sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus)
- Synonym: kvapusis pelėžirnis
Declension
[edit]Declension of žemčiū̃gas
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | žemčiū̃gas | žemčiū̃gai |
genitive (kilmininkas) | žemčiū̃go | žemčiū̃gų |
dative (naudininkas) | žemčiū̃gui | žemčiū̃gams |
accusative (galininkas) | žemčiū̃gą | žemčiūgùs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | žemčiūgù | žemčiū̃gais |
locative (vietininkas) | žemčiūgè | žemčiū̃guose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | žemčiū̃ge | žemčiū̃gai |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “žemčiūgas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “žemčiūgas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
Categories:
- Lithuanian terms borrowed from Old East Slavic
- Lithuanian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Lithuanian terms derived from Bulgar
- Lithuanian terms derived from Common Turkic
- Lithuanian terms derived from Middle Chinese
- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian nouns
- Lithuanian masculine nouns
- Lithuanian obsolete terms
- Lithuanian proscribed terms
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