šeškas

Lithuanian
Šeškas

Etymology

Assimilated from Proto-Balto-Slavic *žežkas, from Proto-Indo-European *g(ʰ)egʰ- (“ferret”), see also Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰáǰʰukas (“hedgehog, polecat”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃʲæːʃkɐs]

Noun

šẽškas m (plural šeškaĩ) stress pattern 4

  1. polecat, ferret, Mustela putorius

Declension
Declension of šẽškas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) šẽškas šeškaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas) šẽško šeškų̃
dative (naudininkas) šẽškui šeškáms
accusative (galininkas) šẽšką šeškùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) šeškù šeškaĩs
locative (vietininkas) šeškè šeškuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) šẽške šeškaĩ

See also

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 424, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 424
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