sargas

See also: ŝarĝas, sargās, and sárgás

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate to Latvian sar̂gs (“watchman, guard”), Old Prussian butsargs (“housekeeper”), possibly apisorx (“kingfisher”) < ape (“river”) + *sorgs. Presumably related to Proto-Slavic *stȏržь (“guard”), see sérgėti for further discussion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsâːɾɡɐs/

Noun

sárgas m (plural sárgai, feminine sárgė) stress pattern 3

1. guard, keeper, custodian

   Ji̇̀s kai̇̃p šeimõs šuõ, kai̇̃p namų̃ sárgas. - He's equally a family dog as he is a guard dog.

Declension

Declension of sárgas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	sárgas	sargai̇̃
genitive (kilmininkas)	sárgo	sargų̃
dative (naudininkas)	sárgui	sargáms
accusative (galininkas)	sárgą	sárgus
instrumental (įnagininkas)	sárgu	sargai̇̃s
locative (vietininkas)	sargè	sarguosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	sárge	sargai̇̃

Derived terms

• kiemsargis
• lietsargis
• perkūnsargis
• sargauti
• sargienė
• sarginis
• sargyba
• sargystė
• sargšulis
• sargus

Spanish

Noun

sargas f pl

1. plural of sarga

Swedish

Verb

sargas

1. inflection of sarga:
   1. infinitive passive
   2. present passive