rugys

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *rugis, from Proto-Indo-European *wrugʰyo- (“rye”), itself perhaps a borrowing from a Far Eastern language. Cognates include Latvian rudzi, Old Prussian rugis, ruggis, Proto-Slavic *rъžь (Russian, Ukrainian рожь (rož'), Bulgarian ръж (rǎž), Czech rež, Polish reż), Proto-Germanic *rugiz (Old High German rocko, German Roggen, Dutch rogge, Old English ryge, English rye, Old Norse rugr, Swedish råg, Danish rug).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [rʊˈɡʲǐːs̪]

Noun

rugỹs m (plural rugiaĩ) stress pattern 4

(mostly in plural) rye

Declension

declension of rugys

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	rugỹs	rugiaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	rùgio	rugių̃
dative (naudininkas)	rùgiui	rugiáms
accusative (galininkas)	rùgį	rugiùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	rugiù	rugiaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	rugyjè	rugiuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	rugỹ	rugiaĩ

Hypernyms

javai

Derived terms

Nouns derived from rugys

(diminutive) rugelis
rugiagėlė f
rugiapjūtė f
rugpjūtė f
rugpjūtis m
rugsėjis m

References

“rugys” in Konstantīns Karulis (1992, 2001), Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca, in 2 vols, Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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

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