gintaras

See also: Gintaras

Lithuanian
Gintaras

Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian dzintars.

Noun

giñtaras m (plural gintaraĩ) stress pattern 3b

  1. amber (fossil resin)

Declension
Declension of giñtaras
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) giñtaras gintaraĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) giñtaro gintarų̃
dative (naudininkas) giñtarui gintaráms
accusative (galininkas) giñtarą giñtarus
instrumental (įnagininkas) giñtaru gintaraĩs
locative (vietininkas) gintarè gintaruosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) giñtare gintaraĩ

Descendants
  • → Old Ruthenian: є҆нта́рь (je҆ntárʹ)
    • >? Belarusian: янта́р (jantár)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: янта́рь (jantárʹ)
    • Ukrainian: янта́р (jantár); я́нтра f (jántra) (dialectal)
  • → Middle Russian: онта́рь (ontárʹ), оньта́рь (onʹtárʹ), ꙗнта́рь (jantárʹ)

Further reading
  • “gintaras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “gintaras”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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