korys
Lithuanian
Korys
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian kāre (“honeycomb”), and possibly also with Ancient Greek κηρός (kērós, “beeswax; honeycomb”), Latin cēra (“beeswax; honeycomb”), Albanian qiri (“candle”). Alternatively, could be related to karti (“to hang”).
Noun
korỹs m (plural koriaĩ) stress pattern 4
- honeycomb
Declension
declension of korys
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | korỹs | koriaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kõrio | korių̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | kõriui | koriáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | kõrį | koriùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | koriù | koriaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | koryjè | koriuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | korỹ | koriaĩ |
Further reading
- “korys”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “korys”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “korys”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
- Chantraine, Pierre (1968–1980), “κηρός”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque (in French), Paris: Klincksieck, pages 526–527
- Pisani, Vittore (1968), “Rom und die Balten”, in Baltistica (in German), volume 4, issue 1, DOI:, page 19