žirnis
See also: zirnis
Lithuanian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *źirnja-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Compare Latvian zirnis, Old Prussian syrne[1], Russian зерно́ (zernó), Persian خرمن (xarman), English corn, Italian grano.
Noun
žìrnis m (plural žìrniai) stress pattern 1 [2]
Declension
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 553
- ^ “žirnis” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “žirnis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN