ugnis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Usually derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ugnis,[1] from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ungnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis. Cognate with Latin ignis, and Sanskrit अग्नि (agní-, “fire, Agni”), enabling a comparison with anglìs (“coal”). The first -n- (as in Italic) would subsequently have been lost through dissimilation.

The expected reflex of Winter's Law would have been blocked by the cluster -nCn-, compare vanduõ (“water”). However, see Proto-Slavic *vỳgъnjь (“forge, hearth”) < *uˀgnis.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊɡˈnʲɪs/

Noun

ugnìs f (plural ugnys) stress pattern 4
(dialectal) ùgnis m (plural ugniai) stress pattern 2

  1. fire

Declension
declension of ugnis
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) ugnìs ùgnys
genitive (kilmininkas) ugniẽs ugnių̃
dative (naudininkas) ùgniai ugnìms
accusative (galininkas) ùgnį ugnìs
instrumental (įnagininkas) ugnimì ugnimìs
locative (vietininkas) ugnyjè ugnysè
vocative (šauksmininkas) ugniẽ ùgnys

Derived terms
terms derived from ugnis
  • ugniaspalvis
  • ugniavietė
  • klystugnė

See also

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “uguns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʊɡnɪs/

Noun

ugnis f

  1. fire, conflagration
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