kirvis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian cirvis. Compare also Estonian kirves (“axe”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪrvɪs/

Noun

kir̃vis m (plural kir̃viai) stress pattern 2

  1. (tool) axe[1]

Declension
declension of kirvis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) kir̃vis kir̃viai
genitive (kilmininkas) kir̃vio kir̃vių
dative (naudininkas) kir̃viui kir̃viams
accusative (galininkas) kir̃vį kirviùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) kirviù kir̃viais
locative (vietininkas) kir̃vyje kir̃viuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) kir̃vi kir̃viai

Hypernyms

References
  1. “kirvis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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