gulbis

Latvian
Gulbis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish, shine, be joyful”). Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian gulbìs (“swan”), Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

gulbis m (2nd declension)

  1. swan

Declension
Declension of gulbis (2nd declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) gulbis gulbji
accusative (akuzatīvs) gulbi gulbjus
genitive (ģenitīvs) gulbja gulbju
dative (datīvs) gulbim gulbjiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) gulbi gulbjiem
locative (lokatīvs) gulbī gulbjos
vocative (vokatīvs) gulbi gulbji

Lithuanian
Gulbis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“to flourish, shine, be joyful”).[1] Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian gùlbis (“swan”), Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

gulbìs f (plural gulbys) stress pattern 4

  1. (dialectal) swan
    Synonym: gul̃bė (“swan”) (more common word)

Declension
Declension of gulbìs
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) gulbìs gul̃bys
genitive (kilmininkas) gulbiẽs gulbių̃
dative (naudininkas) gul̃biai gulbìms
accusative (galininkas) gul̃bį gulbìs
instrumental (įnagininkas) gulbimì gulbimìs
locative (vietininkas) gulbyjè gulbysè
vocative (šauksmininkas) gulbiẽ gul̃bys

Noun

gul̃bis m (plural gul̃biai) stress pattern 2

  1. (dialectal) swan
    Synonym: gul̃bė (“swan”), more common word

Declension
Declension of gul̃bis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) gul̃bis gul̃biai
genitive (kilmininkas) gul̃bio gul̃bių
dative (naudininkas) gul̃biui gul̃biams
accusative (galininkas) gul̃bį gulbiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) gulbiù gul̃biais
locative (vietininkas) gul̃byje gul̃biuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) gul̃bi gul̃biai

References
  • “gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “gulbis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “366-67”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 366-67
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