dujos
Lithuanian
Etymology 1
Singular forms are used dialectally: Samogitian duja (“mist”), Dzūkijan duja (“ashy earth”).
From the same root as dū́mai (“smoke”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“smoke, mist”).
Noun
dùjos f pl stress pattern 2, 4
- (in the plural) gas (matter in an air-like state)
Declension
declension of dujos
nominative | dùjos |
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genitive | dùjų, dujų̃ |
dative | dùjoms, dujóms |
accusative | dujàs |
instrumental | dùjomis, dujomìs |
locative | dùjose, dujosè |
vocative | dùjos |
Etymology 2
From the same root as etymology 1, but only used dialectally.
Noun
dujos f
- nominative plural of duja
- genitive singular of duja
References
- “dujos”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “dujos”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 144