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Protas

Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian pràts (mind, intellect), Old Prussian prātin (counsel).[1] Plausibly related to Proto-Germanic *frōdaz (wise, cautious), Latin pretium (price), from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (to understand, interpret).[2] Cf. pràsti (to acquire a habit, understand), and see Latvian prast for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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prõtas m (plural prõtai) stress pattern 2[3]

  1. mind
  2. intelligence[4]

Declension

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Declension of prõtas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) prõtas prõtai
genitive (kilmininkas) prõto prõtų
dative (naudininkas) prõtui prõtams
accusative (galininkas) prõtą protùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) protù prõtais
locative (vietininkas) protè prõtuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) prõte prõtai

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “protas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
  2. ^ protas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. ^ Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Spanish

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Noun

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protas

  1. plural of prota