kakta
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Latvian kakta (“angle; space between two touching walls”), with further origin outside of Baltic unclear.[1] Buga compares the Baltic terms to Latin conquinīscō (“to crouch down, squat”) (presuming a root form of *kʷeks-),[2] while others have noted similarities to Persian چکاد (čakâd, “top of the head or forehead”) and Proto-Tocharian *kekts'en- (“body”).[3]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]kaktà f (plural kãktos) stress pattern 4[4]
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kaktà | kãktos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kaktõs | kaktų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kãktai | kaktóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kãktą | kaktàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kaktà | kaktomi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kaktojè | kaktosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kãkta | kãktos |
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kaktà”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 246
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “kaktà”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 206
- ^ “kakta”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ “kakta”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025