žentas

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źénˀtas[1]. Cognate with Latvian znots (probably influenced by Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-)[1], Polish zięć[1][2] and Serbo-Croatian zet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒʲɛntɐs/

Noun

žéntas m (plural žentai, feminine marti) stress pattern 1[3] or 3

  1. son-in-law[4]

Declension

(stress pattern (1)):

(stress pattern (3)):

See also

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 543. →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), zięć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 653
  3. “žentas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. “žentas” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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