Lithuanian
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Etymology
[edit]Alongside Latvian ciems (“village”), a possible Germanic borrowing ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos, from *ḱey- (“to settle”); compare Old Norse heimr (“home, world”).[1] Related to šeima (“family”), kaimas (“village”).
Pronunciation
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[edit]kiẽmas m (plural kiemai̇̃) stress pattern 4 [2]
- yard, courtyard, forecourt (open area outside or in between buildings)
- Nušlúok kiẽmą. ― Sweep out the courtyard.
- farmstead, estate
- (dialectal) village
Declension
[edit]| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kiẽmas | kiemai̇̃ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kiẽmo | kiemų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kiẽmui | kiemáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kiẽmą | kiemùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kiemù | kiemai̇̃s |
| locative (vietininkas) | kiemè | kiemuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kiẽme | kiemai̇̃ |
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “kiemas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 243-4
- ^ “kiemas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
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