spenys

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”). Compare Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”), Ancient Greek στήνιον (stḗnion, “breast, chest”), Persian ‎ (pestân, “breast”), Sanskrit स्तन (stána, “female breast, nipple”), Tocharian B päścane (“pair of breasts”).

Noun

spenỹs m (plural speniaĩ) stress pattern 4

(anatomy) (animal) teat
- Glosbe English-Lithuanian Corpus :
  Robotas, automatizuotu būdu, šepetėliais nuvalo spenius.
  A robot, with automatic brushes, cleans the teats.

Declension

declension of spenys

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	spenỹs	speniaĩ
genitive (kilmininkas)	spenio	spenių̃
dative (naudininkas)	speniui	speniáms
accusative (galininkas)	spenį	speniùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	speniù	speniaĩs
locative (vietininkas)	spenyjè	speniuosè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	spenỹ	speniaĩ

Related terms

spenelis