amalas

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Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

amalas

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amalar

Lithuanian[edit]

 amalas on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Amalas (1) - Mistletoe
Amalas (2) - Heat lightning
Amalas (3) - Aphids
Amalas (4) - Blight

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Latvian amuols, ãmulis, Old Prussian emelno (mistletoe), Proto-Slavic *emela (mistletoe).[1][2][3]

Plausibly a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ãmalas m (plural amalaĩ) stress pattern 3b

  1. mistletoe
    amalo šakelėa sprig of mistletoe
  2. heat lightning
  3. Alternative form of ãmaras (aphid; the plant disease of being affected by aphids)
  4. blight, rust (as a crop disease likened to heat lightning)
    Synonym: rūdys

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “amalas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 54
  2. ^ amalas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ amalas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 26 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading[edit]

  • amalas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • amalas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

amalas

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of amar combined with las