smulkus

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian smulkans (slender).

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Related to Latvian smalks (fine)? Lithuanian smėlis (sand), Latvian smelkne (fine flour), Latvian smiltis (sand), Latvian smilkts (sand), Proto-Slavic *mělь? Further etymology? From Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind) with s-mobile? Where did the -k- come from?”

Adjective

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smùlkus m (feminine smùlki) stress pattern 3

  1. fine, detailed
  2. small
  3. minor, insignificant

Declension

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Further reading

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