dujos

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

Singular forms are used dialectally: Samogitian duja (“mist”), Dzūkijan duja (“ashy earth”).

From the same root as dū́mai (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist”).

Noun

dùjos f pl stress pattern 2, 4

  1. (in the plural) gas (matter in an air-like state)
Declension
Declension of dùjos
nominative dùjos
genitive dùjų, dujų̃
dative dùjoms, dujóms
accusative dujàs
instrumental dùjomis, dujomi̇̀s
locative dùjose, dujosè
vocative dùjos

Etymology 2

From the same root as etymology 1, but only used dialectally.

Noun

dujos f

  1. nominative plural of duja
  2. genitive singular of duja

References

  • “dujos”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dujos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144
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