plunksna

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See also: plunksną

Lithuanian[edit]

 plunksna on Lithuanian Wikipedia
Plunksnos (1) - Feathers
Plunksna (2) - Quill pen

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *plúnksnāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *plúnksneh₂.[1][2][3] Cognate with Latin plūma (feather).

Noun[edit]

plùnksna f (plural plùnksnos) stress pattern 1 (diminutive plunksnẽlė)

  1. feather[4]
  2. quill, pen

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plunksna”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 367
  2. ^ plùnksna” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 924 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ plunksna”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  4. ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Further reading[edit]

  • plunksna”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • plunksna”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024