ungurys

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *angurio- (compare Old Prussian angurgis[1], Polish węgorz[1][2]), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂engʷʰ-ur-io (compare Lithuanian ánkštara, inkštìras (“pimple; tapeworm”), German Engerling (“maggot”), Albanian thnegël (“ant”)), enlargement of *h₂engʷʰ- (“snake”). More at angìs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʊŋɡʊˈrʲiːs̪]

Noun

ungurỹs m (plural unguriaĩ) stress pattern 3b [3]

  1. eel

Declension
declension of ungurys
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) ungurỹs unguriaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) uñgurio ungurių̃
dative (naudininkas) uñguriui unguriáms
accusative (galininkas) uñgurį uñgurius
instrumental (įnagininkas) uñguriu unguriaĩs
locative (vietininkas) unguryjè unguriuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) ungurỹ unguriaĩ

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 386. →ISBN
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “węgorz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 609
  3. “ungurys” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “ungurys” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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