smulkus
Appearance
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”) with s-mobile, see also Latvian smalks (“fine”), Lithuanian smėlis (“sand”), Latvian smelkne (“fine flour”), Latvian smiltis (“sand”), Latvian smilkts (“sand”), Proto-Slavic *mělь.[1] The -k- remains unexplained, but could have been inserted for ease of pronunciation. Cognate with Latvian smulkans (“slender”).
Adjective
[edit]smùlkus m (feminine smùlki) stress pattern 3
Declension
[edit]Non-pronominal forms (neįvardžiuotinės formos) of smulkus
Pronominal forms (įvardžiuotinės formos) of smulkus
References
[edit]- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “716-19”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 716-19
Further reading
[edit]- “smulkus”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “smùlkus”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 849–850