karys

Lithuanian

Kariai

Etymology

karas (“war”) +‎ -ys (“agentive suffix”)

Noun

karỹs m (plural kariaĩ) stress pattern 4

warrior, soldier
Synonym: kovotojas

Declension

Declension of karỹs

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	karỹs	kariaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	kãrio	karių̃
dative (naudininkas)	kãriui	kariáms
accusative (galininkas)	kãrį	kariùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	kariù	kariaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	karyjè	kariuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	karỹ	kariaĩ

Derived terms

kariuomenė

Further reading

“karys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

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