taukai

Lithuanian

Etymology

Plural of obsolete táukas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *touʔkós, from Proto-Indo-European *touHk-o-,[1] likely from *tewk-. Cognate with Latvian tàuki and Old Prussian taukis;[1] further to Russian тук (tuk, “fat”), English thigh, and Old Irish tón.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t̪ɐʊ̯ˑˈkɐɪ̯ˑ]

Noun

taukaĩ m pl stress pattern 3 [2]

(plural only) grease, fat dažti
kiaũlės taukaĩ[2] - lard

lydyti taukai[2] - melted grease

dažýti táukus[2] - to spread grease

Declension

Declension of taukaĩ (plural-only)

nominative	taukaĩ
genitive	taukų̃
dative	taukáms
accusative	táukus
instrumental	taukaĩs
locative	taukuosè
vocative	taukaĩ

Hypernyms

riebalai m pl

Related terms

(verb) tukti

(participle) nutukęs

Idioms

gyventi kaip inkstas taukuose

References

Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 500. →ISBN
“taukai” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

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

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