gulbė
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Lithuanian
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Mating Black Swans
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish, shine, be joyful”).[1]
Balto-Slavic cognates include dialectal Lithuanian gulbis, Latvian gùlbis (“swan”), Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gul̃bė f (plural gul̃bės) stress pattern 2
Declension
[edit]Declension of gul̃bė
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | gul̃bė | gul̃bės |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | gul̃bės | gul̃bių |
| dative (naudininkas) | gul̃bei | gul̃bėms |
| accusative (galininkas) | gul̃bę | gulbès |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | gulbè | gul̃bėmis |
| locative (vietininkas) | gul̃bėje | gul̃bėse |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | gul̃be | gul̃bės |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “366-67”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 366-67