drugys

Lithuanian
Drugys

Etymology

Proto-Balto-Slavic *drugā́ˀtei, reflecting Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewg-/*dʰrewgʰ- (“to shake off, to drain”).

Compare some Slavic languages (Polish drgać (“to tremble”)[1], dreszcz (“shudder”)[2], Russian дрожь (drožʹ, “shivering”)[2]).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [drʊˈɡʲǐːs̪]

Noun

drugỹs m (plural drugiaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. malaria, fever[3]
  2. butterfly[3]
  3. moth[3]

Declension
declension of drugys
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) drugỹs drugiaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) drùgio drugių̃
dative (naudininkas) drùgiui drugiáms
accusative (galininkas) drùgį drugiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) drugiù drugiaĩs
locative (vietininkas) drugyjè drugiuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) drugỹ drugiaĩ

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Derived terms

See also
  • pelėdgalviai

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “drgać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 97
  2. “*drъžь” in Rick Derksen (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon. Brill: Leiden-Boston.
  3. Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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