burna

See also: бурна

Lithuanian

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burna

burnà

lū́pa

dañtenos

kietàsis gomurỹs

minkštàsis gomurỹs

gómurio migdõlas

liežuvė̃lis

spenẽliai

krū́miniai dañtys

liežùvis

kapliai̇̃

i̇̀ltis

kañdžiai

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galva

galva

kūnas

kūnas

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *burˀnāˀ, often thought to be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to bore, pierce”), the “mouth” being perceived as a “hole, opening”. Cognate with Latvian pur̂ns (“snout”), Bulgarian бърна (bǎrna, “lip”); more distant cognates may include Armenian բերան (beran, “mouth”), Old Norse barki (“throat, windpipe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊrˈnɐ]

Noun

burnà f (plural bùrnos) stress pattern 3

1. mouth

Declension

Declension of burnà

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	burnà	bùrnos
genitive (kilmininkas)	burnõs	burnų̃
dative (naudininkas)	bùrnai	burnóms
accusative (galininkas)	bùrną	bùrnas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	bùrna	burnomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	burnojè	burnosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	bùrna	bùrnos

Related terms

• (quarrel): barnis;

References

• “burna”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• Derksen, Rick (2015), “burna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
• “burna”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brunnō (“stream, brook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbur.nɑ/, [ˈburˠ.nɑ]

Noun

burna m

1. stream

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	burna	burnan
accusative	burnan	burnan
genitive	burnan	burnena
dative	burnan	burnum

Derived terms

• winterburna m

Related terms

• burne f

Descendants

• Middle English: burne, bourne
  • English: bourn, burn
  • Scots: burn

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “BURNA”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Serbo-Croatian

Adjective

burna (Cyrillic spelling бурна)

1. inflection of buran:
   1. feminine nominative/vocative singular
   2. indefinite masculine/neuter genitive singular
   3. indefinite animate masculine accusative singular
   4. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Swedish

Etymology

English burn or English burn rubber + -a

Verb

burna (present burnar, preterite burnade, supine burnat, imperative burna)

1. (slang) alternative form of börna

Conjugation

Conjugation of burna (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	burna		burnas
supine	burnat		burnats
imperative	burna		—
imper. plural1	burnen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	burnar	burnade	burnas	burnades
ind. plural1	burna	burnade	burnas	burnades
subjunctive2	burne	burnade	burnes	burnades
present participle		burnande
past participle		burnad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.