asmuo
See also: ašmuo
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Neologism introduced by Lithuanian linguists in the early 20th century,[1][2] of unclear formation logic. Perhaps created off a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-men-, from *h₁es- (“to be”).[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]asmuõ m (plural ãsmenys) stress pattern 3
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | asmuõ | ãsmenys |
| genitive | asmeñs | asmenų̃ |
| dative | ãsmeniui | asmeni̇̀ms |
| accusative | ãsmenį | ãsmenis |
| instrumental | ãsmeniu | asmenimi̇̀s |
| locative | asmenyjè | asmenysè |
| vocative | asmeniẽ | ãsmenys |
Hyponyms
[edit]- (grammar: person): pirmàsis asmuõ (“first person”), antràsis asmuõ (“second person”), trečiàsis asmuõ (“third person”)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mathiassen, Terje (5 December 2011), “Some aspects of the history of Lithuanian and Latvian grammatical terminology”, in Baltistica, volume 0, number 5, , pages 169–176
- ^ Schmalstieg, William R. (1982), “From Donelaitis to Jablonskis”, in Klimas, Antanas, editor, Lituanus[1], volume 28, number 1, →ISSN, archived from the original on 28 July 2021
- ^ “asmuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading
[edit]- “asmuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026
- “asmuo”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026
asmuo on the Lithuanian Wikipedia.Wikipedia lt
