geležinkelis
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From geležìs (“iron”) or geležìnis (“of iron”) + kẽlias (“road, way”). Calque of German Eisenbahn, French chemin de fer, Russian желе́зная доро́га (želéznaja doróga), etc.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]geležìnkelis m (plural geležìnkeliai) stress pattern 1
Declension
[edit]Declension of geležìnkelis
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | geležìnkelis | geležìnkeliai |
genitive (kilmininkas) | geležìnkelio | geležìnkelių |
dative (naudininkas) | geležìnkeliui | geležìnkeliams |
accusative (galininkas) | geležìnkelį | geležìnkelius |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | geležìnkeliu | geležìnkeliais |
locative (vietininkas) | geležìnkelyje | geležìnkeliuose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | geležìnkeli | geležìnkeliai |
Derived terms
[edit]- geležinkelietis (“railwayman”)
- geležinkelininkas (“railwayman”)
See also
[edit]- metropolitenas (“metro, subway”)
- traukinys (“train”)
Further reading
[edit]- “geležinkelis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “geležinkelis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
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