akmuo

Lithuanian
Akmenys

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *ákmō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱmō (“stone, rock”) (with the supposedly regular depalatalization of */ḱ/). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic камꙑ (kamy), Latvian akmens, Persian آسمان‎ (âsmân), Sanskrit अश्मन् (aśman), Ancient Greek ἄκμων (ákmōn), English hammer. Doublet of ašmuo.

Noun

akmuõ m (plural ãkmenys) stress pattern 3b

  1. stone

Declension
declension of akmuo
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) akmuõ ãkmenys
genitive (kilmininkas) akmeñs akmenų̃
dative (naudininkas) ãkmeniui akmenìms
accusative (galininkas) ãkmenį ãkmenis
instrumental (įnagininkas) ãkmeniu akmenimìs
locative (vietininkas) akmenyjè akmenysè
vocative (šauksmininkas) akmeniẽ ãkmenys

Further reading
  • “akmuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
  • “akmuo”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
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