tiltas

Lithuanian

Tiltas

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tlh₂-tó-m (“lifted up”), from *telh₂- (“to bear, tolerate”). Derksen connects Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha, “passage, ford”) as an exact cognate; however, the Sanskrit term is generally thought to derive from *terh₂- (“to cross, pass through”) instead.

An obsolete theory from Pokorny derived the word from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to spread, to spread out”).

Cognate with Latvian tilts (“bridge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʲɪɫ.tɐs/

Noun

ti̇̀ltas m (plural ti̇̀ltai) stress pattern 1

1. bridge (structure spanning a divide)

   medinis tiltas ― wooden bridge

   akmens tiltas ― stone bridge

   geležinis tiltas ― iron bridge

   plieno tiltas ― steel bridge

   tiltas per upę ― bridge over a river

   tiltas per kanalą ― bridge over a canal

   tiltas per tarpeklį ― bridge over a ravine

   arkinis tiltas ― arch or bow bridge

   kabantis tiltas ― suspension bridge

   pasukamasis tiltas ― rotating bridge

   varstomasis tiltas ― lifting bridge

   pakeliamasis tiltas ― drawbridge

   kelio, geležinkelio tiltas ― road, railway bridge

   pėsčiujų tiltas ― pedestrian bridge

Declension

Declension of ti̇̀ltas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	ti̇̀ltas	ti̇̀ltai
genitive (kilmininkas)	ti̇̀lto	ti̇̀ltų
dative (naudininkas)	ti̇̀ltui	ti̇̀ltams
accusative (galininkas)	ti̇̀ltą	ti̇̀ltus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	ti̇̀ltu	ti̇̀ltais
locative (vietininkas)	ti̇̀lte	ti̇̀ltuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	ti̇̀lte	ti̇̀ltai