dangus

See also: dangūs

Lithuanian

Vakaro dangus - Evening sky

Etymology

Cognate with Old Prussian dangus (“sky, heaven”). Perhaps a substantivised adjectival derivative of deñgti (“to cover”) in -ùs, originally meaning "covering". A nominal derivative is dangà (“cover”); see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɐŋˈɡʊs/

Noun

dangùs m (plural dañgūs) stress pattern 3

1. sky
2. (religion) heaven
3. (dialectal) the top of the inside of a furnace

Declension

declension of dangus

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	dangùs	dañgūs
genitive (kilmininkas)	dangaũs	dangų̃
dative (naudininkas)	dañgui	dangùms
accusative (galininkas)	dañgų	dañgus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	dangumì	dangumìs
locative (vietininkas)	dangujè	danguosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	dangaũ	dañgūs

Synonyms

• (heaven): rojus

Derived terms

• dangiškas
• padangė

Related terms

• danga
• dengti
• dingti