kiemas
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Lithuanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alongside Latvian ciems (“village”), a 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[edit]
Noun[edit]
kiẽmas m (plural kiemaĩ) 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]
Declension of kiẽmas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kiẽmas | kiemaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kiẽmo | kiemų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kiẽmui | kiemáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kiẽmą | kiemùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kiemù | kiemaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | kiemè | kiemuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kiẽme | kiemaĩ |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
terms derived from kiemas
- kieminis
- kiemelis
- pakiemė
- kieminėti
- kiemavietė
- kiemininkas m, kiemininkė f
- kiemionis m, kiemionė f
- kiemsargis m, kiemsargė f
Related terms[edit]
See also[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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