spenys

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”). Compare Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), Ancient Greek στήνιον (stḗnion, “breast, chest”), Persian پستان‎ (pestân, “breast”), Sanskrit स्तन (stána, “female breast, nipple”), Tocharian B päścane (“pair of breasts”).

Noun

spenỹs m (plural speniaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. (anatomy) (animal) teat
    • Glosbe English-Lithuanian Corpus :
      Robotas, automatizuotu būdu, šepetėliais nuvalo spenius.
      A robot, with automatic brushes, cleans the teats.

Declension

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