sapnas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *swápnas, from Proto-Indo-European *swépnos. Compare Latin somnus, Sanskrit स्वप्न (svapna).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsaːpnɐs]
Noun
sãpnas m (plural sapnaĩ) stress pattern 4[1]
- dream
Declension
declension of sapnas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | sãpnas | sapnaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | sãpno | sapnų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | sãpnui | sapnáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | sãpną | sapnùs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | sapnù | sapnaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | sapnè | sapnuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | sãpne | sapnaĩ |
Related terms
- sapnuoti (to dream)
- sapnuotojas (dreamer)
See also
- svajonė
References
- Derksen, Rick (2015), “sapnas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 389: “*su(o)pno-”