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

tìltas m (plural tìltai) 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 tìltas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	tìltas	tìltai
genitive (kilmininkas)	tìlto	tìltų
dative (naudininkas)	tìltui	tìltams
accusative (galininkas)	tìltą	tìltus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	tìltu	tìltais
locative (vietininkas)	tìlte	tìltuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	tìlte	tìltai