gulbis

Latvian

Gulbis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish, shine, be joyful”). Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian gulbìs (“swan”), Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

gulbis m (2nd declension)

1. swan

Declension

Declension of gulbis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	gulbis	gulbji
accusative (akuzatīvs)	gulbi	gulbjus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	gulbja	gulbju
dative (datīvs)	gulbim	gulbjiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	gulbi	gulbjiem
locative (lokatīvs)	gulbī	gulbjos
vocative (vokatīvs)	gulbi	gulbji

Lithuanian

Gulbis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish, shine, be joyful”). Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian gùlbis (“swan”), Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

gulbìs f (plural gulbys) stress pattern 4

1. (dialectal) swan

   Synonym: gul̃bė (“swan”) (more common word)

Declension

Declension of gulbìs

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	gulbìs	gul̃bys
genitive (kilmininkas)	gulbiẽs	gulbių̃
dative (naudininkas)	gul̃biai	gulbìms
accusative (galininkas)	gul̃bį	gulbìs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	gulbimì	gulbimìs
locative (vietininkas)	gulbyjè	gulbysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	gulbiẽ	gul̃bys

Noun

gul̃bis m (plural gul̃biai) stress pattern 2

1. (dialectal) swan

   Synonym: gul̃bė (“swan”), more common word

Declension

Declension of gul̃bis

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	gul̃bis	gul̃biai
genitive (kilmininkas)	gul̃bio	gul̃bių
dative (naudininkas)	gul̃biui	gul̃biams
accusative (galininkas)	gul̃bį	gulbiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	gulbiù	gul̃biais
locative (vietininkas)	gul̃byje	gul̃biuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	gul̃bi	gul̃biai

References

• “gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “gulbis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192