dangus

See also: dangūs

Lithuanian

Vakaro dangus - Evening sky

Etymology

Cognate with Old Prussian dangus (sky, heaven). Perhaps a substantivised adjectival derivative of deñgti (to cover) in -ùs, originally meaning "covering". A nominal derivative is dangà (cover); see for more.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɐŋˈɡʊs/

Noun

dangùs m (plural dañgūs) stress pattern 3

  1. sky
  2. (religion) heaven
  3. (dialectal) the top of the inside of a furnace

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