dvasia
Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian dvaša (“breath”).[1][2][3] For the root see dvė̃sti (“breathe, blow”), daũsos (“air”), Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes-.
Noun
dvasià f (plural dvãsios) stress pattern 2
Declension
Declension of dvasià
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | dvasià | dvãsios |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | dvãsios | dvãsių |
| dative (naudininkas) | dvãsiai | dvãsioms |
| accusative (galininkas) | dvãsią | dvasiàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | dvasià | dvãsiomis |
| locative (vietininkas) | dvãsioje | dvãsiose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | dvãsia | dvãsios |
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015) “dvasia”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 149
- “dvãsas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 286 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
- “dvasia”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
Further reading
- “dvasia”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “dvasia”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
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