kraikas

Lithuanian

Etymology

Nominal formation from kraik-, an alternate o-grade of krèkti (“to coagulate”). The sense development would be "to coagulate" > "to gather straw bedding together".^[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

krai̇̃kas m (plural kraikai̇̃) stress pattern 4

bed on top of a straw roof
roof gable

Declension

Declension of krai̇̃gas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	krai̇̃gas	kraigai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas)	krai̇̃go	kraigų̃
dative (naudininkas)	krai̇̃gui	kraigáms
accusative (galininkas)	krai̇̃gą	kraigùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	kraigù	kraigai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas)	kraigè	kraiguosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	krai̇̃ge	kraigai̇̃

Derived terms

krai̇̃gas (“rooftop”)

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krèkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 312

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krèkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 312

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