gervė

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀ(ō)was, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely; crane”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *žeravъ (“crane (bird)”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲɛːrʲ.vʲeː/

Noun

gérvė f (plural gérvės) stress pattern 1

  1. crane (bird)

Declension

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Declension of gérvė
singular
(vienaskaita) 		plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) gérvė gérvės
genitive (kilmininkas) gérvės gérvių
dative (naudininkas) gérvei gérvėms
accusative (galininkas) gérvę gérves
instrumental (įnagininkas) gérve gérvėmis
locative (vietininkas) gérvėje gérvėse
vocative (šauksmininkas) gérve gérvės

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gervė”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 172-3
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