lašas
Lithuanian
Vandens lašas (1) - Drop of water
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian làse (“drop”). Further etymology unclear, but often compared with lašišà (“salmon”); see Latvian lasis (“salmon; (dialectal) drop”) for more.[1][2] A possible connection with dialectal Russian ла́са (lása, “shiny spot”), лоса́ (losá, “sunlit surface of water”) remains vague.[3]
Declension
declension of lašas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lãšas | lašaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lãšo | lašų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | lãšui | lašáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | lãšą | lašùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lašù | lašaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | lašè | lašuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | lãše | lašaĩ |
Derived terms
- lietaus lašas (“raindrop”)
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “lašas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
- “lãšišas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–).
- “lãšas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 646 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
Further reading
- “lašas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “lašas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023
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