gulbis

Latvian

Gulbis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis. Balto-Slavic cognates include Lithuanian gulbi̇̀s (“swan”), Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

gulbis m (2nd declension)

1. swan

Declension

Declension of gulbis (2nd declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	gulbis	gulbji
genitive	gulbja	gulbju
dative	gulbim	gulbjiem
accusative	gulbi	gulbjus
instrumental	gulbi	gulbjiem
locative	gulbī	gulbjos
vocative	gulbi	gulbji

Lithuanian

Gulbis

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gulbis. Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian gùlbis (“swan”), Old Prussian gulbis (“swan”), Proto-Slavic *gъlbь.

Noun

gulbi̇̀s f (plural gulbys) stress pattern 4

1. (dialectal) swan

   Synonym: gul̃bė (“swan”) (more common word)

Declension

Declension of gulbi̇̀s

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	gulbi̇̀s	gul̃bys
genitive (kilmininkas)	gulbiẽs	gulbių̃
dative (naudininkas)	gul̃biai	gulbi̇̀ms
accusative (galininkas)	gul̃bį	gulbi̇̀s
instrumental (įnagininkas)	gulbimi̇̀	gulbimi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas)	gulbyjè	gulbysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	gulbiẽ	gul̃bys

Noun

gul̃bis m (plural gul̃biai) stress pattern 2

1. (dialectal) swan

   Synonym: gul̃bė (“swan”), more common word

Declension

Declension of gul̃bis

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	gul̃bis	gul̃biai
genitive (kilmininkas)	gul̃bio	gul̃bių
dative (naudininkas)	gul̃biui	gul̃biams
accusative (galininkas)	gul̃bį	gulbiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	gulbiù	gul̃biais
locative (vietininkas)	gul̃byje	gul̃biuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	gul̃bi	gul̃biai

References

• “gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
• “gulbis”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Derksen, Rick (2015) “gulbis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 192