dangus
See also: dangūs
Javanese
Romanization
dangus
- romanization of ꦢꦔꦸꦱ꧀
Lithuanian
Etymology
Perhaps a substantivised adjectival derivative of deñgti (“to cover”) in -ùs, originally meaning "covering".[1] Cognate with Old Prussian dangus (“sky, heaven”); see also dangà (“cover”), a nominal derivative of the same root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɐŋˈɡʊs/
Noun
dangùs m (plural dañgūs) stress pattern 4
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dangùs | dañgūs |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dangaũs | dangų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | dañgui | dangùms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dañgų | dangùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dangumi̇̀ | dangumi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | dangujè | danguosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dangaũ | dañgūs |
Synonyms
- (heaven): rojus
Derived terms
- dangiškas
- dangoraižis
- padangė
Related terms
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dangus”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 115
Old Prussian
Etymology
Cognate with Lithuanian dangus.
Noun
dangus
References
- Mažiulis, Vytautas (1988–1997) “dangus”, in Prūsų kalbos etimologijos žodynas [Etymological dictionary of Old Prussian][1] (in Lithuanian), Vilnius
- G. H. F. Nesselmann (1873) “dangus”, in Thesaurus linguae prussicae. Der preussische Vocabelvorrath [...] (in German), Berlin: Ferd. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung; Harrwitz & Gossmann, page 27