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tiltas

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Lithuanian

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Tiltas

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *tlh₂-tó-m (lifted up), from *telh₂- (to bear, tolerate). Derksen connects Sanskrit तीर्थ (tīrtha, passage, ford) as an exact cognate;[1] however, the Sanskrit term is generally thought to derive from *terh₂- (to cross, pass through) instead.[2]

An obsolete theory from Pokorny derived the word from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (to spread, to spread out).[3]

Cognate with Latvian tilts (bridge).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ti̇̀ltas m (plural ti̇̀ltai) stress pattern 1

  1. bridge (structure spanning a divide)
    medinis tiltaswooden bridge
    akmens tiltasstone bridge
    geležinis tiltasiron bridge
    plieno tiltassteel bridge
    tiltas per upębridge over a river
    tiltas per kanaląbridge over a canal
    tiltas per tarpeklįbridge over a ravine
    arkinis tiltasarch or bow bridge
    kabantis tiltassuspension bridge
    pasukamasis tiltasrotating bridge
    varstomasis tiltaslifting bridge
    pakeliamasis tiltasdrawbridge
    kelio, geležinkelio tiltasroad, railway bridge
    pėsčiujų tiltaspedestrian bridge

Declension

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Declension of ti̇̀ltas
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) ti̇̀ltas ti̇̀ltai
genitive (kilmininkas) ti̇̀lto ti̇̀ltų
dative (naudininkas) ti̇̀ltui ti̇̀ltams
accusative (galininkas) ti̇̀ltą ti̇̀ltus
instrumental (įnagininkas) ti̇̀ltu ti̇̀ltais
locative (vietininkas) ti̇̀lte ti̇̀ltuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) ti̇̀lte ti̇̀ltai

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “tiltas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 466
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) “tīrthá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 650
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1061”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1061