balnas

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Lithuanian[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Lithuanian balgnas (saddle), cognate to (possibly borrowed from) Old Prussian balgnan (saddle). The term is thought to be ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (to swell).

Noun[edit]

bal̃nas m (plural balnaĩ) stress pattern 4 [1]

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  1. saddle
    sėsti ant balno[1] - sit down on the saddle
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bolˀ-n-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolH-n-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bolna.

Adjective[edit]

bálnas (stress pattern 3) [1]

  1. (of livestock) white-backed
    balnas jautis[1] - a white-backed ox
    balna karvė[1] - a white-backed cow
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References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 “balnas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.