višta
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Etymology
[edit]Buck and Karulis derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“settlement”), with the chicken thus conceived as a "domestic bird".[1] Smoczynski is implicitly skeptical of this derivation, and leaves the origin open.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]vištà f (plural vìštos) stress pattern 2
Declension
[edit]Declension of vištà
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | vištà | vìštos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | vìštos | vìštų |
dative (naudininkas) | vìštai | vìštoms |
accusative (galininkas) | vìštą | vištàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | vištà | vìštomis |
locative (vietininkas) | vìštoje | vìštose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | vìšta | vìštos |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “višta”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vištà”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 763-4