kovas
Esperanto
[edit]Verb
[edit]kovas
- present of kovi
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Onomatopoeic of the rook's cry;[1] compare Proto-Slavic *gàvornъ (“rook”), English caw for similar formations. The shift to the "March" meaning comes from the fact that rooks (and other corvids) often begin building their rests in March.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]kóvas m (plural kovai̇̃) stress pattern 3
- March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
- rook (bird)
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kóvas | kovai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kóvo | kovų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kóvui | kováms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kóvą | kóvus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kóvu | kovai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kovè | kovuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kóve | kovai̇̃ |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kóvas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 306
Anagrams
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]kovas