kūdikis
Lithuanian
Kūdikis
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps derived from a verb cognate to Latvian kūdīt (“instigate, abet”). Phonologically, both words may be connected to Proto-Slavic *kydati (“throw, cast”); compare Russian вы́кидыш (výkidyš, “miscarriage”), Ukrainian dialectal скидча́ (skydčá, “miscarried lamb”). Otherwise, this may be a Slavicism, borrowed from an unattested *xudьcь, from Proto-Slavic *xudъ (“small, thin”); compare Russian худо́й (xudój, “thin”), Polish chudy (“thin, lean”) etc. [1]
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkuː.dʲɪ.kʲɪs/
Noun
kū̃dikis m (plural kū̃dikiai) stress pattern 1
- baby, infant (a child of up to about a year)
Declension
declension of kūdikis
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kū̃dikis | kū̃dikiai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kū̃dikio | kū̃dikių |
| dative (naudininkas) | kū̃dikiui | kū̃dikiams |
| accusative (galininkas) | kū̃dikį | kū̃dikius |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kū̃dikiu | kū̃dikiais |
| locative (vietininkas) | kū̃dikyje | kū̃dikiuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kū̃diki | kū̃dikiai |
Derived terms
- kūdikėlis (diminutive)
- kūdikiškas
- kūdikystė
References
- Oleg Trubačóv, 'Zametki po litovskoj etimologii' [Notes on Lithuanian Etymology] in Symbolae linguisticae in honorem Georgii Kuryłowicz (1965) Wrocław–Warszawa–Kraków: Polska Akademia Nauk, pages 331-334