dvibalsis
Lithuanian
Noun
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dvìbalsis m (plural dvìbalsiai) stress pattern 1
- (phonetics) diphthong (a sound combining two vowels in one syllable)
- Synonym: diftongas
- Hypernym: dvigarsis (“two-sound combination, not necessarily vowels”)
- Lietuvių kalbos dvibalsiai – ai, au, ei, ie, ui, uo, ir skoliniuose eu, oi, ou.
- The Lithuanian language's diphthongs are ai, au, ei, ie, ui, uo, and in loanwords eu, oi, ou.
- (music) duet
- Synonym: duetas
Declension
Declension of dvìbalsis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dvìbalsis | dvìbalsiai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dvìbalsio | dvìbalsių |
| dative (naudininkas) | dvìbalsiui | dvìbalsiams |
| accusative (galininkas) | dvìbalsį | dvìbalsius |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dvìbalsiu | dvìbalsiais |
| locative (vietininkas) | dvìbalsyje | dvìbalsiuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dvìbalsi | dvìbalsiai |
Related terms
- (monophthong): vienbalsis, monoftongas
- (triphthong): tribalsis, triftongas, trigarsis (“not necessarily vowels”)
See also
- (semivowel): pusbalsis
- (hiatus): sambalsis, hiatas
- (digraph, orthography): digrafas
Adjective
dvibal̃sis m (feminine dvibal̃sė) stress pattern 2
Declension
declension of dvibalsis
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | dvibal̃sis | dvibal̃siai | dvibal̃sė | dvibal̃sės | |
| genitive | dvibal̃sio | dvibal̃sių | dvibal̃sės | dvibal̃sių | |
| dative | dvibal̃siam | dvibal̃siams | dvibal̃sei | dvibal̃sėms | |
| accusative | dvibal̃sį | dvibalsiùs | dvibal̃sę | dvibalsès | |
| instrumental | dvibalsiù | dvibal̃siais | dvibalsè | dvibal̃sėmis | |
| locative | dvibal̃siame | dvibal̃siuose | dvibal̃sėje | dvibal̃sėse | |
| vocative | dvibal̃sis | dvibal̃siai | dvibal̃sė | dvibal̃sės | |
Further reading
- “dvibalsis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
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