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alkis

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See also: alkış, ałkʼis, Alkis, and Alkış

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From the root of álkti (“to be hungry”) (compare Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos (“sore, ulcer”)), cognate with Latvian al̂kt, Proto-Slavic *olkati.[1]

Noun

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al̃kis m (plural al̃kiai) stress pattern 2

  1. hunger
    Synonyms: išalkimas, badas (“hunger; famine”)
    Antonym: sotis

Declension

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Declension of al̃kis
singular
(vienaskaita) 		plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) al̃kis al̃kiai
genitive (kilmininkas) al̃kio al̃kių
dative (naudininkas) al̃kiui al̃kiams
accusative (galininkas) al̃kį alkiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) alkiù al̃kiais
locative (vietininkas) al̃kyje al̃kiuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) al̃ki al̃kiai

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “alkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 51

Further reading

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  • “alkis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • “alkis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025

Swedish

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Etymology

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Clipping of alkoholist +‎ -is.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alkis c

  1. (colloquial) an alcoholic
    Synonym: alkoholist

Declension

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Declension of alkis
nominative genitive
singular indefinite alkis alkis
definite alkisen alkisens
plural indefinite alkisar alkisars
definite alkisarna alkisarnas

See also

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References

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Anagrams

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