stuburas
Lithuanian
Etymology
Derived via métatonie rude from an earlier stubũras. Within Balto-Slavic, cognate with Latvian stuburs, Slovene stəbə̏r (“column”), dial. Serbo-Croatian stàbar (“bole of a tree”), possibly stretching back to Proto-Balto-Slavic *stuburas.
Further origin unclear. See literature for further discussion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstʊbʊɾɐs]
Noun
stùburas m (plural stuburai̇̃) stress pattern 3
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | stùburas | stuburai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | stùburo | stuburų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | stùburui | stuburáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | stùburą | stùburus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | stùburu | stuburai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | stuburè | stuburuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | stùbure | stuburai̇̃ |
Synonyms
- (spine): nugarkaulis
- (tree trunk): kamienas
Derived terms
- stuburgalis
- stuburinis
- stuburo smegenys
- stuburo smegenų skystis
Related terms
- staubúoti
- staubrỹs / stuobrỹs (“bole of a tree”)
References
- “stuburas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “stuburas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “stuburas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 1784
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “stuburas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 928