lazda
Latvian
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Alternative forms
[edit]- lagzda (rare)
Noun
[edit]lazda f (4th declension)
- hazel (shrub or tree of genus Corylus)
- lazdas koksne ― hazel wood
- lazdas audzes ― hazel groves
- lazdas spurdzes ― hazel catkin
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lazda | lazdas |
| genitive | lazdas | lazdu |
| dative | lazdai | lazdām |
| accusative | lazdu | lazdas |
| instrumental | lazdu | lazdām |
| locative | lazdā | lazdās |
| vocative | lazda | lazdas |
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Proto-Slavic *lě̄skà (“hazel”),[1] seemingly from a Proto-Indo-European *lazdā-. Cognates include Latvian lazda (“hazel”), lagzda, as well as perhaps Proto-Slavic *loza (“vine”) and Old Armenian լաստ (last, “raft”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lazdà f (plural lãzdos) stress pattern 4
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | lazdà | lãzdos |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | lazdõs | lazdų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | lãzdai | lazdóms |
| accusative (galininkas) | lãzdą | lazdàs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | lazdà | lazdomi̇̀s |
| locative (vietininkas) | lazdojè | lazdosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | lãzda | lãzdos |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “lazda”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 2676-7
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “lazda”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press