adyna

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian гадзіна (hadzina). Replaced by now in most speech by valanda. Distantly related to adynykas (“clock”).

Noun

adynà f stress pattern 2 (obsolete, dialectical)

1. hour

Declension

Declension of adynà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	adynà	adỹnos
genitive (kilmininkas)	adỹnos	adỹnų
dative (naudininkas)	adỹnai	adỹnoms
accusative (galininkas)	adỹną	adynàs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	adynà	adỹnomis
locative (vietininkas)	adỹnoje	adỹnose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	adỹna	adỹnos

Further reading

• Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “adyna”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 5