įnagininkas

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From į̇́nagis (tool) + -ininkas (a calque of Latin īnstrūmentālis), the former component from į- (in-, into-) + nagis (tool), the latter from nagà (hoof), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nagā́ˀ (leg).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈiːnɐɡʲɪnʲɪnkɐs]
  • Hyphenation: į‧na‧gi‧nin‧kas

Noun

į́nagininkas m (plural į́nagininkai) stress pattern 1

  1. (grammar) instrumental case
    Synonym: instrumentãlis

Declension

References

  1. Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “nagà”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 414
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) “naga”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327
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