agurkas
Lithuanian
Agurkai
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish ogórek, ultimately from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “small cucumber”).
Noun
agur̃kas m (plural agur̃kai) stress pattern 2
- cucumber (plant or its fruit)
- Hyponym: kornišonas (“gherkin, cornichon”)
- raugintas (marinuotas) agurkas ― pickled cucumber
Declension
Declension of agur̃kas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | agur̃kas | agur̃kai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | agur̃ko | agur̃kų |
| dative (naudininkas) | agur̃kui | agur̃kams |
| accusative (galininkas) | agur̃ką | agurkùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | agurkù | agur̃kais |
| locative (vietininkas) | agurkè | agur̃kuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | agur̃ke | agur̃kai |
Derived terms
- agurkinas
- agurkynė
Further reading
- “agurkas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “agurkas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “agurkas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, page 6
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