agurkas
Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Polish ogórek, ultimately from Byzantine Greek ἀγγούριον (angoúrion, “small cucumber”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]agur̃kas m (plural agur̃kai) stress pattern 2
- cucumber (plant or its fruit)
- Hyponym: kornišonas (“gherkin, cornichon”)
- raugintas (marinuotas) agurkas ― pickled cucumber
- (slang, derogatory) cop, police officer
- Synonym: mentas
- (slang) Mercedes-Benz W123
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | agur̃kas | agur̃kai |
| genitive | agur̃ko | agur̃kų |
| dative | agur̃kui | agur̃kams |
| accusative | agur̃ką | agurkùs |
| instrumental | agurkù | agur̃kais |
| locative | agurkè | agur̃kuose |
| vocative | agur̃ke | agur̃kai |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “agur̃kas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 3
Further reading
[edit]- “agurkas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- “agurkas”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026
- Wojciech Smoczyński (2018), “agurkas”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, , →ISBN, page 6
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- Lithuanian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Lithuanian 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Lithuanian/ʊrˑkɐs/3 syllables
- Lithuanian lemmas
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- lt:Gourd family plants
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