sparnas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *parnas (“wing”), from Proto-Indo-European *pornóm (“wing, feather”). Cognate with English fern, Albanian fier (“fern”), Avestan 𐬀𐬥𐬆𐬭𐬀𐬞 (anərap, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather”).

Noun

spar̃nas m (plural sparnaĩ) stress pattern 4 (diminutive sparnẽlis)

  1. wing[1]
    • 2008, Jurga, Angelai:
      Angelą stebiu, šypsomės abu. […] Jo balti sparnai man tinka, jam savo šarvus dovanoju.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension
Declension of spar̃nas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) spar̃nas sparnaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) spar̃no sparnų̃
dative (naudininkas) spar̃nui sparnáms
accusative (galininkas) spar̃ną sparnùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) sparnù sparnaĩs
locative (vietininkas) sparnè sparnuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) spar̃ne sparnaĩ

References
  1. Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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