mastas
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]mastas
Anagrams
[edit]Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to mastýti and métyti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *met- (“to throw”). Pokorny proposed Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”) as further etymology.
Cognate with Latvian masts (“casting of a net”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mãstas m (plural mãstai) stress pattern 2
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | mãstas | mãstai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | mãsto | mãstų |
| dative (naudininkas) | mãstui | mãstams |
| accusative (galininkas) | mãstą | mastùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | mastù | mãstais |
| locative (vietininkas) | mastè | mãstuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | mãste | mãstai |
References
[edit]- “mastas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “mastýti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 715