Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *úngnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís. The expected reflex of Winter's Law would have been blocked by the cluster -nCn-, compare vanduõ (water). However, see Proto-Slavic *vygъňь (forge, hearth) < *ūˀgnis.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʊˈɡnʲɪs]
  • Rhymes: -ɪs
  • Syllabification: u‧gni̇̀s

Noun

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ugni̇̀s f (plural ugnys) stress pattern 4
(dialectal) ùgnis m (plural ugniai) stress pattern 2

  1. fire

Declension

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Declension of ugni̇̀s
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) ugni̇̀s ùgnys
genitive (kilmininkas) ugniẽs ugnių̃
dative (naudininkas) ùgniai ugni̇̀ms
accusative (galininkas) ùgnį ugni̇̀s
instrumental (įnagininkas) ugnimi̇̀ ugnimi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas) ugnyjè ugnysè
vocative (šauksmininkas) ugniẽ ùgnys

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 478

Old Prussian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *úngnis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ugnis f

  1. fire, conflagration