Kaukazas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Кавка́з (Kavkáz), from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɒʊˈkɑːzɐs]
• Hyphenation: Kau‧ka‧zas

Proper noun

Kaukãzas m (uncountable, related adjective kaukaziẽtiškas, demonym kaukaziẽtis, female demonym kaukaziẽtė) stress pattern 2

1. Caucasus (a mountain range on territory of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan)

Declension

    Declension of Kaukãzas

nominative	Kaukãzas
genitive	Kaukãzo
dative	Kaukãzui
accusative	Kaukãzą
instrumental	Kaukazù
locative	Kaukazè
vocative	Kaukãze

Derived terms

• kaukãzinis

 

Further reading

• “Kaukazas”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• Kaukazas, entry by Rimantas Krupickas, in Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia)