menkas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *menk- (to lack). Cognate with Middle High German manc f (lack), Tocharian B mänk- (to be deprived of, lack), and possibly Latin mancus (maimed, crippled, faulty).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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meñkas m (feminine menkà, neuter meñka) stress pattern 4

  1. poor (not good)
  2. small, little
  3. slight
  4. weak, faint, feeble
  5. unimportant, inconsequential

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “menkas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 311