plaukas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian plaûki (fibres, flakes, dust (Livonian) hair), possibly Sudovian laugi (hair); further origin beyond Baltic unclear.[1] Formally, the Baltic terms appear to be related to plaũkti (to swim, float), with hair being interpreted as "flowing" from a person's head. However, in addition to the semantics being tenuous, the accents of pláukas and plaũkti do not match.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpɫä̂ˑʊ̯kɐs̪]

Noun

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pláukas m (plural plaukaĩ) stress pattern 3[3]

  1. (usually in the plural) hair[4]
    kirpti / pinti plaukus - to cut / to plait hairs

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “pláukas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 469
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plaukas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 362
  3. ^ plaukas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  4. ^ “plaukas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN